{"id":83373,"date":"2022-10-12T09:57:43","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T16:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dailyactor.com\/?p=83373"},"modified":"2024-07-19T12:04:06","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T19:04:06","slug":"hugh-jackman-wolverine-audition-tape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailyactor.com\/actors-screen-test\/hugh-jackman-wolverine-audition-tape\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Hugh Jackman&#8217;s Wolverine Audition for &#8216;X-Men&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hugh Jackman&#039;s Audition Tape for Wolverine in X-MEN | Daily Actor\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G97t_Vc3jaY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Happy birthday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyactor.com\/tag\/hugh-jackman\"><strong>Hugh Jackman<\/strong><\/a>! The fan-favorite star turns 53 years old today. Though Jackman formally retired his Wolverine adamantium claws with 2017&#8217;s<em> Logan<\/em>, he recently announced that he would be reprising the role in the upcoming <em>Deadpool 3<\/em>, opposite Ryan Reynolds.<\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s a fun fact, Jackman currently co-holds the Guinness World Record for &#8220;longest career as a live-action Marvel superhero&#8221; with co-star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyactor.com\/tag\/patrick-stewart\"><strong>Patrick Stewart<\/strong><\/a> (which totally sounds like something someone made up on Wikipedia, but was a legit honor presented to him in 2019!)<\/p>\n<p>With that in mind, today marks a great opportunity to look back on Jackman&#8217;s early origins as Wolverine as part of the casting process for 2000&#8217;s <em>X-Men<\/em>. 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