After the success of Wolverine, Chris Claremont's 1980's comic book series, it was imagined that Bob Hoskins would take on the titular role in an X-Men film — but as 20 years of Hugh Jackman has shown, Hoskins would not have been the right choice.
Chris Claremont, the writer of the 1982 Wolverine comics, said that in 1988 it seemed perfectly rational to cast Hoskins as Logan, citing the harshness and brutality that he portrayed as perfect compliments to Wolverine’s character at the time.
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