The Australian actor made his development as the gruff, clawed mutant Wolverine in 2000's "X-Men" film and has since played the character eight times on screen. But with this year's "Logan," Jackman said he and the filmmakers took the biggest risk for his final performance as the mutant hero.
"Logan" was the first time Jackman, 49, played his character in an R-rated film, where he was allowed to embrace the darker, more tormented side of Wolverine. In the film, an older, wearier Logan struggles with alcoholism as he rescues a young mutant girl and unwillingly aids her in her journey to get to safety, the two forging an unlikely friendship despite both their meteoric tempers.
"It's a great time for us as actors or creators of stories," Jackman said to media. "I'm thrilled that the Academy (of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, voters of the Oscars) is seeing that there are fewer boundaries in a way of what makes a really good film, and the genre shouldn't dictate that."
