Taron Egerton confirms he's spoken to Marvel about a role in the MCU, and hints which iconic character he'd love to play.
Taron Egerton admitted that he has met with Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige for a potential role in the world’s most successful film franchise, and hinted in a New York Times interview that the role he’s in talks for is none other than Wolverine. The character was famously played Hugh Jackman over several years, and Egerton acknowledged that he has big shoes to fill, were his casting to come through.
The Kingsman star has long been a fan-favorite to take over from Jackman, as Marvel attempts to integrate the X-Men characters into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, after Disney’s takeover of Fox. COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY Fans were given a taste of what it would be like to see characters from parallel universes in the recent Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, which featured cameo appearances from John Krasinski as Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic and Patrick Stewart as Professor Charles Xavier. Deadpool's introduction in the MCU is also underway; the third film in the series will be directed by Ryan Reynolds' frequent collaborator Shawn Levy.
Egerton would certainly have big shoes to fill; Jackman is virtually synonymous with the character, which not only catapulted him to stardom but helped usher in the current domination of superhero films that we’re seeing. He played the character from 2000 to 2017, finally hanging up his claws after the Oscar-nominated blockbuster Logan.
Like Jackman, Egerton broke out with a starring role in a comic book adaptation, Kingsman: The Secret Service, and went on to prove his musical bonafides, in the Elton John biopic Rocketman. Incidentally, Egerton and Jackman worked together in the inspirational drama Eddie the Eagle.
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