Despite the fact that "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" revolves around arguably the most popular character in all of comics, one thing that most fans are looking forward to in the upcoming bad-ass flick will be the cameos by other anti-heroic mutants who will be making their big screen debuts -- most notably, Deadpool and Gambit.
And while we've had a chance to see some promo images of the muties' debuting in "Wolverine", clues as to what fans can expect from their appearances are a hot topic unto themselves. That said, totalfilm.com dropped an in-depth interview with the man who's now ubiquitous with the role of Wolverine, Hugh Jackman, who happily gave more details about what we can expect from the upcoming film. (Well, besides lots and lots of crazy fight scenes, of course.)
In terms of Gambit (played by Taylor Kitsch) -- a mutant from the bayous of Louisiana who has the ability to manipulate kinetic energy -- Jackman related the character to Pyro (from the "X-Men" franchise) and said that he shares a very special relationship with him in "Wolverine."
"He’s a little more showy than Wolverine, but there’s a similarity," said Jackman. "They’re outsiders, they’re wise-cracking, they’re anti-authority. They have a dynamic where they love giving each other s--t. There’s some good stuff in there. And they get a fight, the two of them get a fight. I’m really, really happy with the dynamic between the two."
Yet while Jackman was happy to talk about Gambit, he kept the film's plans for Deadpool (played by Ryan Reynolds) close to the vest.
"I have to be very careful how I talk about Deadpool, because it’s something I’m really excited about in the movie, where it plays and how it plays," hinted Jackman. "The things I’m thinking about now I don’t want to tell you because the fans will go 'Awwww, that’s cool'… Actually some fans might be pissed off but that’s ok. I think they’ll understand why we did it. We took some creative licenses with him."
Meanwhile, Jackman once again makes it known that he'd love to take Wolverine to Japan in future installments of the franchise, should this prequel film be a success.
"When I was doing 'X-Men' I was obsessed with reading the Japanese story," said Jackman. "It gave me a lot of great inspiration for the character and I’ve forever been banging onto people about that. It’s the coolest -- and can you imagine visually? I can see the comedy of him training with the Samurai. I can just see it working."
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