Hugh Jackman Says There Are “Really Cool Ideas” For ‘The Wolverine’ Sequel
By Germain Lussier/Nov. 14, 2013 11:15 am EST
The film is still a long ways off – there’s not even a script yet – but in a new interview Jackman said he recently spoke to Mangold and the ideas he has are “really cool.”
Jackman spoke to Entertainment Weekly about the sequel, and said the following:
After The Wolverine, much was made that Jackman didn’t have a contract to play the character moving ahead. The actor said that hasn’t been an issue in the past.
I was on the phone with Jim Mangold last night. There are some really cool ideas that I’m dying to tell you, but that would be giving away a secret that is not even [fully] formed yet.
Still, at 45 years old, the character has become a physical strain on the actor and he said the following about wanting to come back:
It’ll be difficult to predict a storyline for The Wolverine 2 until we see Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Days of Future Past, where the character plays a pretty huge role. What do you think?
I don’t want to dive into another one until we have a compelling reason to do another one. I love the character, he’s kind of like a best friend to me, and I don’t ever want to take [him] or the fans for granted. … I think we’ve got a great opportunity to make something really cool, but it has to be great. That’s what we’re all working toward.
