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“There’s only one that I didn’t get to play with properly and I would have loved to… Hugh Jackman was so good and did such a good job doing it. But to cast the young (Wovlerine), the reboot, that would be fun, I think, and it could go into such a different direction where Hugh took it as well. I think Hugh knocked it out of the park but I think out of (all of the X-Men) that’s the character that weirdly, I don’t know why I get drawn to. Yeah, Wolverine.” As fans recall, Jackman briefly appeared as Wolverine in Vaughn’s X-Men: First Class, featuring perhaps the best cameo in the entire franchise.
The filmmaker also revealed who his pick might be, in fact he gave us a few.
“Well, he’s got older now, but I would say Tom Hardy would have…been awesome,” Vaughn added. “I think Taron [Egerton] could do it in his sleep. Aaron Taylor-Johnson could do it as well. I mean, I think Aaron or Taron would be my first two choices could do it really well.”
Vaughn’s interest in casting the rebooting Wolverine is something that will no doubt happen in the not-too-distant future. Marvel Studios not only has the rights back to the X-Men franchise but no doubt have plans for developing their own take on the children of the atom (the first X-Men thing produced by Marvel Studios will be a revival of the ’90s animated series though). The director will have some competition though as Avengers: Endgame directors Anthony and Joe Russo have thrown their hat in the ring as being interested in Wolverine as well.
