Former X-Men director Matthew Vaughn has countered a popular MCU Wolverine fan cast with casting speculation of his own, only this time concerning a character expected to appear in the fledgling DCU. Vaughn previously directed X-Men: First Class and has since worked on the Kingsman movies with actor Taron Egerton. In recent years, Egerton’s name has often been raised when concerning recasting an actor as Wolverine for the MCU despite Hugh Jackman’s return for Deadpool 3.
However, Vaughn recently appeared on the Happy Sad Confused podcast where he was asked his thoughts on Egerton potentially bringing the iconic mutant to life. Vaughn retorted:
“I think he’d be better as Lex Luthor. I think he’d be an amazing Luthor. He shouldn’t be Wolverine, I don’t think… I don’t think he’s right for it… I would go back to what the comic is, a really small, little grizzly, tough guy.”
These comments are certainly interesting from Vaughn and add a lot of value to the Wolverine recasting discourse. Through working on X-Men: First Class and the comments above, it is clear Vaughn has a solid vision of the character of Wolverine. While only a brief cameo, Vaughn also included Jackman’s Wolverine in his X-Men movie. This, combined with his extended work with Egerton on Kingsman, means that his opinion should be taken heavily into consideration regarding why Egerton may not fit the MCU as Wolverine but would fit the DCU as Superman’s arch-enemy.
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