Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe and Tony Award-winning performer Hugh Jackman first brought his electrifying energy to the mutant known as Wolverine way back in 2000 in the film that launched the modern-day comic-book blockbuster, director Bryan Singer’s original X-Men. Since then, the acclaimed Australian actor has slipped into the skin of the world’s most famous mutant a record 10 times on the big screen. But this time, with Logan, Jackman had the chance to craft something truly special, laying to rest his longtime screen alter ego.
Highly regarded filmmaker James Mangold helms the defining chapter in the cinematic saga of one of the greatest comic book heroes ever created. Jackman stars alongside Patrick Stewart Stephen Merchant, Boyd Holbrook, Richard E. Grant and newcomer Dafne Keen.
Logan sees Hugh Jackman reprising his iconic role as The Wolverine for one, final time in a raw, powerfully dramatic standalone story of sacrifice and redemption.
“There was a moment that I came to terms with the fact that this was my last one,” Jackman says. “I love this character, and he’s been amazing to me. I’d be lying if I said that I would have been okay if I didn’t feel everything was left on the table. And I mean everything. Every day, every scene was a kind of battle to get the best out of that character, to get the best out of me.”
Concludes Jackman, “There was an element of life and death about it—I know that sounds dramatic, but that’s how it felt.”
Logan finally bows in Philippine cinemas nationwide, from 20th Century Fox to be distributed by Warner Bros. on March 1.