Ok, so, if there’s one character fans have been waiting to see appear in the MCU, it’s Wolverine.
The iconic character was made a movie star by Hugh Jackman in the X-Men and standalone movies, but with him no in his 50s, he cannot keep going in such a physically demanding role, and so fans have been looking to see who will be stepping up to take his place in the MCU.
It was revealed in the finale of Ms Marvel, below, a couple of weeks back that she is the first (so far) mutant in the MCU: “I freaked out right away. I emailed Kevin Feige, I was yelling at him over emails. I was honored, I was freaking out, that’s the biggest thing in the world,” said Ms Marvel star Iman Vellani on the reveal of her character’s powers, and ever since then, fans have been waiting to see what comes next for the MCU mutants – and, yes, we all know that Jackman’s co-star, the great Patrick Stewart, left, appeared as Professor X in Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, but since he isn’t from the prime 616 universe of the movies, that sadly doesn’t mean Jackman is still Wolverine in the MCU.
And it seems that fans may not have too long to wait.
One of the fan favourite choices to step into the Wolverine/Weapon X/Logan role has been Kingsman star Taron Egerton who has, as you can see in the graphic
above, piled on a lot of muscle recently, making fans wonder if perhaps he’s getting ready for a superhero gig.
But… could it be Wolverine? In a recent interview, the young star was asked just that and, to fans’ surprise, he confirmed that he HAS had talks along those lines at Marvel: “I don’t think it would be wrong to say that,” he said.
“I’d be excited but I’d be apprehensive as well, because Hugh is so associated with the role that I’d wonder if it’d be very difficult for someone else to do it.
“But hopefully if it does come around, they’ll give me a shot.”
This is exciting news and it means that Ms Marvel’s introduction of mutant-kind is only the beginning with big reveals to come… what they’ll be, we don’t know, but we’re excited to find out.
Marc
Marc is a self-confessed nerd. Ever since seeing Star Wars for the first time around 1979 he’s been an unapologetic fan of the Wars and still believes, with Clone Wars and now Underworld, we are yet to see the best Star Wars. He’s a dad of two who now doesn’t have the time (or money) to collect the amount of toys, comics, movies and books he once did, much to the relief of his long-suffering wife. In the real world he’s a graphic designer. He started Following the Nerd because he was tired of searching a million sites every day for all the best news that he loves and decided to create one place where you can go to get the whole lot. Secretly he longs to be sitting in the cockpit of his YT-1300 Corellian Transport ship with his co-pilot Chewie, roaming the universe, waiting for his next big adventure, but feels just at home watching cartoons with his kids….
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