This March 3, Hugh Jackman straps on those adamantium claws one last time (or so he says) for the actor's final outing as the X-Men character Wolverine in Logan. This will be Jackman's ninth time portraying Logan, aka Wolverine, in a film (including cameos), and his tenure as the clawed antihero dates all the way back to that first X-Men movie in 2000. While Jackman has played Wolverine for the past 17 years, early buzz around Logan signals that it may be his best and more ferocious outing yet.
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We recently had a chance to watch the first 40 minutes of Logan before having an extensive conversation with its director, James Mangold, returning for his second go-round with the character (he also directed 2013's The Wolverine). You can read our entire conversation right here.
The footage we watched was unlike anything we've seen from Wolverine or an X-Men movie yet. It was gutsy and dusty, and wore its R rating like a badge of honor. "I wanted to see the claws in action," Mangold told us when asked what he was most excited for once it was clear they were going for an R rating. "I wanted to see what people have always wanted to see, which were bitchin’ knife fights where you weren’t looking away at the very moment you wanted to be looking."
And as for this actually being the last time we see Hugh Jackman portray the character of Wolverine on-screen, Mangold kind of leaves the door open a tiny bit. "There’s always a way to tell more stories, but the fact is we worked very hard to craft a tale that makes you feel like this is the end and that we’ve said what needs to be said."
Logan claws its way into theaters on March 3.
