Everyone has been trying to work out exactly how Famke Janssen’s
cameo in The Wolverine was going to work out. Did it mean we were getting a Marvel
Studios style post credits tease for X-Men First Class: Days of Future Past?
Was it an unlikely moment in Logan’s past where the two met, but conveniently
forgot each other by the first X-Men film? Well James Mangold (3:10 To Yuma) has
confirmed to Empire magazine that The Wolverine is even more of a standalone
film than we had previously thought.
"I wanted to be able to tell the story without the
burden of handing it off to a film that already exists and having to conform to
it…”
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| Logan may not have any friends left to help hm out... |
So, and I happen to think this is another good sign for the
film, in order to tell a better story, Mangold is removing that which may get
in the way. Of course that, plus this following comment, seems to suggest that
perhaps Jean Grey isn’t making an appearance in the film after all, or at least
if she is, I is purely in “flashback” or “dream” form...
"Where this film sits in the universe of the films is
after them all…Jean Grey is gone, most of the X-Men are disbanded or gone, so
there’s a tremendous sense of isolation for him."
This leads rather neatly to the central theme of The
Wolverine, like Highlander, Logan is finding that living decade after decade
may not be as great as so many people would like to believe…
“The ideas of immortality reign very heavily in this story
and the burden of immortality weighs heavily on Logan. For me that’s such an
interesting part of Logan’s character that is nearly impossible to explore if
you have a kind of league or team movie."
So there you have it, much more can be found out if you buy
the latest issue of the magazine itself, but this is definitely interesting
news.
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