# other than Hugh jackman who would have played a great wolverine **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 24, 2003, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-hugh-jackman-who-would-have-played-a-great-wolverine/183909 "2003-06-24T01:14:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-hugh-jackman-who-would-have-played-a-great-wolverine/183909/1 "2003-06-24T01:14:40Z")
I think maybe…Kurt Russell ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-hugh-jackman-who-would-have-played-a-great-wolverine/183909/2 "2003-06-24T01:57:01Z")
[Glen Danzig](http://www.photorazzi.com/store/category.cgi?item=0308016&type=store). (Second from the right.) Short, stocky, dark hair, gravelly voice. ---
**Author:** ![Mercutio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Mercutio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercutio)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-hugh-jackman-who-would-have-played-a-great-wolverine/183909/3 "2003-06-24T02:11:34Z")
Glen was offered the role but he was unwilling to abandon his tour 4 weeks into it. It would’ve been interesting as hell to see, though. Especially with that voice of his. ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-hugh-jackman-who-would-have-played-a-great-wolverine/183909/4 "2003-06-24T03:25:15Z")
He’s a little tall and too old now by Hollywood standards, but for years when comparing dream X-Men cast lists with others I usually suggested Fred Ward. Rugged, gravelly voice, macho, old enough to sell the slow aging due to healing factor aspect of the character. ---
**Author:** ![Deadmime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90ced4/32.png) [@Deadmime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deadmime)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-hugh-jackman-who-would-have-played-a-great-wolverine/183909/5 "2003-06-24T04:56:11Z")
Mel Gibson-He’s got the pointy hair and everything. ---
**Author:** ![Blake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blake)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-hugh-jackman-who-would-have-played-a-great-wolverine/183909/6 "2003-06-24T05:33:42Z")
Sly Stallone, although he’ sgetting a little long in the tooth. He’s got the right build and attitude. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-hugh-jackman-who-would-have-played-a-great-wolverine/183909/7 "2003-06-24T05:41:49Z")
The person originally intended to play the role: Russell Crowe. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-hugh-jackman-who-would-have-played-a-great-wolverine/183909/8 "2003-06-24T05:43:21Z")
Highjack - Every time I hear his name, I say or think “He’s got a Huuuuuge Ackman!” hrh ---
**Author:** ![DataZak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@DataZak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DataZak)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-hugh-jackman-who-would-have-played-a-great-wolverine/183909/9 "2003-06-24T05:50:13Z")
If they had made the movie the in 80s, **Jack Nicholson** would have won the role. ---
**Author:** ![Short\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Short\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Short_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-hugh-jackman-who-would-have-played-a-great-wolverine/183909/10 "2003-06-24T06:50:48Z")
Fred Ward would have been awesome, **Widdershins**. ---
**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-hugh-jackman-who-would-have-played-a-great-wolverine/183909/11 "2003-06-24T07:02:57Z")
Don’t know his name, but the bartender in Fight Club definitely has a Wolverine aura to him. He’s just a bit too old, though… ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-hugh-jackman-who-would-have-played-a-great-wolverine/183909/12 "2003-06-24T07:35:42Z")
The role was supposed to go to Dougray Scott, but he was delayed making _Mission Impossible 2_. The first time Wolverine’s face was shown in the comics–I think it was _X-Men_ #96, give or take a month–he was clearly based on then-hot actor Robert Blake. The hair and sideburns have taken ona life of their own since then. ---
**Author:** ![Short\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Short\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Short_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-hugh-jackman-who-would-have-played-a-great-wolverine/183909/13 "2003-06-24T09:29:45Z")
**Krokodil** ’s post reminds me that I once read an X-men issue (no cite) in which the artist had very clearly based Wolverine on Clint Eastwood. I think a younger Clint Eastwood would have done a great job, too. ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-hugh-jackman-who-would-have-played-a-great-wolverine/183909/14 "2003-06-24T09:46:55Z")
i always thought **harvey keitel** would make a good logan, especially the way he looked in the piano (minus the facial tattoo) ---
**Author:** ![Skip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@Skip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skip)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-hugh-jackman-who-would-have-played-a-great-wolverine/183909/15 "2003-06-24T09:54:51Z")
I say **Gary Sinise**. Sure he’s tall and lanky (so’s Jackman but he made it work), but he’s got the vioce and the face for it. ---
**Author:** ![Intaglio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/71e660/32.png) [@Intaglio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intaglio)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-hugh-jackman-who-would-have-played-a-great-wolverine/183909/16 "2003-06-24T13:18:16Z")
Russell Crowe as Wolverine - OH YEAH. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-hugh-jackman-who-would-have-played-a-great-wolverine/183909/17 "2003-06-24T13:24:10Z")
Gary Oldman. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-hugh-jackman-who-would-have-played-a-great-wolverine/183909/18 "2003-06-24T13:24:17Z")
**Hugh Grant**! ---
**Author:** ![thirdshiftgrottoslack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9a28c/32.png) [@thirdshiftgrottoslack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdshiftgrottoslack)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-hugh-jackman-who-would-have-played-a-great-wolverine/183909/19 "2003-06-24T13:30:14Z")
when i was collecting comics (late eighties) i could only picture a version sometime around “cuckoos nest” of jack nicholson in the role. dougray scott would have been good as well. hugh jackman does a good job, though. and i bet he was dirt cheap for the first movie. my girlfriend likes him, really, she likes all those australian guys. i make fun of him and call him huge jackoff. that’ll teach him… ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-hugh-jackman-who-would-have-played-a-great-wolverine/183909/20 "2003-06-24T13:53:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rocketeer \* > \*\ ***Hugh Grant**! \*\* Okay, that is _so_ not funny. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-hugh-jackman-who-would-have-played-a-great-wolverine/183909.md?page=2)