Hugh Jackman’sWolverinehas only broken one surprising trend once in his live-actionX-Menmovie history. Hugh Jackman first appeared asJames “Logan” Howlett’s Wolverine in 2000’sX-Men, and has gone on to become one of the longest-running superhero actors of all time, with appearances in ten feature films spanning the last 24 years. Jackman’s most recent appearance in 2024’sDeadpool & Wolverinemarked his debut in theMCUproper, but this Marvel Studios project continued a brilliant Wolverine trend established in 20th Century Fox’sX-Menfranchise.
During the originalX-Mentrilogy, Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine became the backbone ofFox’sX-Menfranchise. This led to the development of a solo trilogy for the clawed mutant, which gave him plenty of time to develop, and many opportunities to show off his incredible abilities.One of these abilities, it seems, was the power to remove his shirt, which Wolverine did in almost all of his live-action appearances, except for one.
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Hugh Jackman Wasn’t Shirtless As Wolverine In X-Men: First Class
Out of Hugh Jackman’s ten feature film appearances as Wolverine, he has been shirtless in nine of them.The onlyX-Menmovie that didn’t feature Wolverine without his shirt on was 2011’sX-Men: First Class, which was also the first movie in theX-Mento not star Wolverine as a main character. Instead, Logan only makes a brief cameo appearance, in which he’s approached byJames McAvoy’s Charles Xavier and Michael Fassbender’s Erik Lehnsherr, who are about to ask him to join their new X-Men, though he swiftly and rudely demands they leave him alone.
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Appearing in a bar, Wolverine didn’t have the opportunity to take his shirt off inX-Men: First Class, though audiences have seen his muscular physique develop over the course of all his otherX-Menmovies.Seeing them side-by-side, it’s interesting to note how male body standards and the idea of a superhero physique have changed, perhaps not for the better, in the years since Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine debut in 2000. He has become far more muscular over the years, which was put on display again during his shockingshirtless scene in 2024’sDeadpool & Wolverine.
Deadpool & Wolverine Took A Shirtless Wolverine To The Next Level
Deadpool & Wolverinecontinued the pattern of having Hugh Jackman take his shirt off as Wolverine in live-action. In the Phase 5 movie’s climactic moment, the titular Wade Wilson and Logan plug themselves into Mr. Paradox’s Time Ripper, disruptingCassandra Nova’s planat the risk of their own lives. Perhaps because of the machine’s immense amount of energy,the top half of Wolverine’s costume hilariously disintegrates, allowing Deadpool to eye up Logan’s muscular physique, which Hugh Jackman worked remarkably hard to accomplishin the lead-up toDeadpool & Wolverine’sfilming.
At first glance, this seems to be just another shirtless Wolverine scene, butDeadpool & Wolverinetook this pattern to the next level.Sure, Wolverine was topless, but he was at least wearing his mask. It took 24 years for Hugh Jackman to finally suit up in a comic-accurate,yellow-and-blue Wolverine costume, with the iconic horned helmet to boot, and Marvel Studios milked this moment for all it was worth. While his shirtless moment was certainly impressive, seeingWolverinefinally don his comic-accurate attire was even more satisfying.
Deadpool & Wolverine
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A follow-up to the highly successful Deadpool and Deadpool 2 films starring Ryan Reynolds as the Merc with a Mouth. The third film will be the first in the franchise to be developed under the Marvel Studios banner following Disney’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox.
