'Logan' Spoilers, News: Hugh Jackman, James Mangold Reveal Silver Lining In Actor's Final Wolverine Stint
Hugh Jackman recently talked about his final stint as Wolverine in the long-awaited film, "Logan," which just found its way to the big screen.
The Australian actor, as well as director James Mangold, made sure that Jackman's farewell to the character will be memorable and they certainly pulled it off.
The following contains plot spoilers about the film. Read at your own discretion.
The fact that "Logan" is the last film that will feature Jackman as Wolverine was already heartbreaking for many. The movie doubled that heartbreak by having the beloved character die at the end.
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For Jackman, he believes this is the perfect ending to his 17-year gig as Wolverine. He revealed in an interview with Entertainment Weekly that as soon as he saw the script, he knew he "got it."
"Logan is someone who is most scared of intimacy, and so he wants to be alone and do things for himself. The idea that, in the end, he must give his life to save someone else... I thought that was really powerful," he explained.
"Logan" did not just end with Wolverine's death. It also saw Charles Xavier bite the dust. Even more heartbreaking about this is that he thinks his old friend, Logan, killed him.
This is followed by Logan eventually locating Charles, to whom he explained that it was not him who murdered him. It is unknown if Professor X understood or heard him.
There is always a way for Logan and Charles to come back to life with the rich comic book lore where the story came from. Of course, such an idea is a bit too far-fetched at the moment.
Despite the sad moments in "Logan," Mangold said in an interview with IGN that viewers will still find some things uplifting in them.
"I think the last scenes for Logan in the picture are some of the happiest of his life. And that despite the fact he's at the edge of his own mortality, I think he'' feeling things he's never felt before," the director explained.
"And he's tired. I think that — and there's a really wonderful alignment of the, what is it? Nine movies he's made? — the longevity of the performance, the longevity of this character that's been alive for 200 years, the weariness and the difficulty of his life and how much pain his life has embodied and him fading from this earth, it becomes a kind of release that, in more than normal ways, we understand may be a very well due rest," he went on to say.
