Loganis now in theaters and that meansHugh Jackmanis officially and finally done playing Wolverine. The actor has been portraying Wolverine on screen for the better part of two decades, starting with the originalX-Menback in 2000. Even though he is saying goodbye to Wolverine,Jackmanabsolutely appreciates his fans and today, he took to social media in order to thank them in style.
The 48-year-old actor took toTwittertoday in order to thank everyone for 17 years ofplaying Wolverine. His way of saying thanks was by putting together a nice little video jam-packed with Wolverine fan art. The video was set to “Hurt” byJohnny Cash, which was brilliantly used in the first teaser trailer forLogan. It also works very perfectly for this touching thank you and it is easily enough to bring a single tear to the eyes of many Wolverine fans.
“Thank you to all the fans for 17 awesome years!”
As sad as it may be forHugh Jackmanto let the role of Wolverine go and as sad as it is for fans to see him let it go, he is most definitely going out on top.Loganhas been praised almost universally by critics and fans alike, boasting a very impressive 93 percent approval rating fromcritics on Rotten Tomatoesand a 95 percent audience score. That is rare air for comic book movies. The movie also destroyed at the box office this weekend, bringing in $237.8 million worldwide. $85.3 million of that was from the U.S. and the movie should be able to pull in quite a bit more in the coming weeks thanks to good word of mouth and repeat business.
TheX-Men franchisewill never be the same withoutHugh Jackmanbut his contributions to the world of comic book movies will be felt for years to come.X-Menhelped to usher in the modern age of superhero movies and over the years, the franchise has given us some of the best superhero movies of all-time. It would have been easy forJackmanto bail on the role after the failure ofX-Men -Origins: Wolverine, which he recently revealed was almost a reality. Instead, he decided to press on and try to improve things. We were then treated toThe Wolverine,X-Men: Days of Future Pastand nowLogan. Plus, we got to see that epicWeapon Xsequence inX-Men: Apocalypse.
This video serves as a very nice, personal and touching tribute to Wolverine fans and shows just how muchHugh Jackmancares. He will go on to do great things outside of theX-Menfranchise. There is almost no doubt about that, but he will forever be connected to the role of Wolverine. You can check outHugh Jackman’s thank you video for yourself below.Loganis in theaters now.
