Hugh Jackman And James Mangold Have Considered Creating R And Pg 13 Rated Version Of The Wolverine

Hugh Jackman And James Mangold Have Considered Creating R And PG-13 Rated Version Of ‘The Wolverine’

By Russ Fischer/Oct. 11, 2011 7:45 am EST

In an interview to promote Real Steel, Hugh Jackman says that he and James Mangold have talked about doing two versions of The Wolverine, a PG-13 cut and one that would be R-rated. This is probably a pipe dream, but read the quote below just for the sake of speculation.

Jackman told MTV,

There’s such great temptation to make an R-rated Wolverine. I’ve always felt that. I know a lot of fans would like that. I totally get it. If there was ever a superhero that was going to be R-rated, it’s Wolverine. However, in the last ten years, I’ve also met many, many 12, 13, dare I say 10, 14, 15 year-olds who, for them, Wolverine is not just cool, you see it in their eyes. He’s everything to them. So my thing is, which James Mangold and I talked about, is let’s not put it off the table. There’s even a talk of us doing two versions, as in finding a way for us to do both while you shoot it, which could be really cool. But you need to have a really good reason to exclude those fans.