Hugh Jackman He is known worldwide for the character of the mutant Wolverine in the film saga of “X Men”but now revealed that he could have played “James Bond” in the 2006 film “Casino Royale”.
In interview with indiewire Jackman revealed that he was offered the role of agent 007 in said film (after which more films in the series would come), but he finally did not accept: “I thought, ‘If I’m doing that already Wolverine, I won’t have time to do anything else. I clearly find it more interesting to play people than color outside the lines‘. They were all various forms of heroic types in difficult situations. So I was like, ‘Uh, no. This is a problem'”.
Over time Hugh diversified the type of characters he has played in other films, but recently he gave a surprise and will continue as Wolverine in the new film in the saga of Deadpool in which he shares credits with ryan reynolds. As for the role of James Bond, it finally went to Daniel Craigwho starred in five films as 007 and whom Jackman considers a good friend.
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