Deadpool & Wolverinefeatured many moments of fan service, and with 2 definitively settled debates regarding recasting Wolverine for theMCU.Deadpool & Wolverinehas officially become the highest-grossing R-rated movie in history, supplanting 2019’s DC Elseworlds movie,Joker. This is thanks in no small part to the incredible amount of fan service dotted throughout the movie, including a comic-accurate yellow and blue suit for Wolverine, and manyDeadpool & Wolverinecameosthat confirmed months of speculation over which Marvel characters of yesteryear might appear.
The cameos were so rife, in fact, that Hugh Jackman even indulged in a few himself. In one of the earliest sequences of the movie, Deadpool traverses the multiverse in a bid to find a suitable Wolverine to replace his universe’s variant. During this scene, he comes acrossseveral alternate versions of Wolverine- including one portrayed by Henry Cavill whom he dubs “The Cavillrine” - and various variants portrayed by Hugh Jackman inspired by Marvel Comics runs. It was here that one debate was suitably settled.
No, We Really Don’t Need A Comics Accurate “Short King” Wolverine
It Doesn’t Quite Work In Live-Action
In the comics, Wolverine is 5'3", which is almost an entire foot shorter than Hugh Jackman. Consequently, fans have criticized Jackman’s version of Wolverine for his inaccurate height, despite perfectly embodying the character in most other ways.Deadpool & Wolverinedelivered for these fans in particular during Deadpool’s search as a variant of Wolverine boasting a more comics-accurate height confronts Deadpool in a bar. Thanks largely to the fact that Hugh Jackman’s face has been digitally imposed onto the body, this scene was played for laughs.
Their shorter height compared to Jackman is partly why Daniel Radcliffe and Tom Hardy are popular fan casts for Wolverine.
It has become hard to picture a live-action rendition of Wolverine that stands at a more comics-accurate height after several years ofHugh Jackman’s iconic tenure as Logan. “Short King” Wolverine is the perfect demonstration of this,making a case for the idea that a short version of Wolverine might work better on the comics page than it does in a live-action movie. Nevertheless, a shorter Wolverine in the MCU still wouldn’t go amiss.
Wolverine Can Wear A Mask Without Compromising His Performance
The Mask Shouldn’t Have Taken This Long
In another moment that feels like it should never have taken so long to occur,Wolverine finally dons his iconic winged mask, completing his comics-accurate ensemble. Since debuting in 2000’sX-Men, Fox’s X-Men have been coy about donning the more ostentatious costumes from Marvel Comics, with Wolverine’s bright yellow suit and cowl being a particularly garish one. One argument suggested that foregoing a cowl is a good thing as it would only get in the way of Hugh Jackman’s performance by covering the upper half of his face.
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Thankfully,Deadpool & Wolverinedisproved this capably, by having Wolverine blow up in a berserker rage before going hell-to-leather onthe Deadpool corpsto the tune of “Like a Prayer,” all while fully kitted out in his mask. Even later,more somber scenes proved that Jackman is still able to deliver a heartfelt performance from behind a mask. Deadpool himself, whose face is often entirely covered, also helps to prove this. Marvel has a decent track record when it comes to comics-accurate costumes, so this proof is a good sign for Wolverine’s cowl in the future.
Deadpool & Wolverine
Cast
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.
