Hugh Jackman Keeps Splitting His Pants Because His Muscles for Wolverine Return Are So Big

Last month, Marvel fans received the exciting news that Hugh Jackman was returning as Wolverine in Deadpool 3. After Logan, fans thought Jackman’s 17-year-run as the X-Men hero was over, but both Jackman and Ryan Reynolds have promised that the threequel won’t mess with the powerful ending of the 2017 film. Jackman is already back to training for the role, and it sounds like it’s going pretty well. In fact, the actor just told Variety that his muscles are getting too big for his clothes. Jackman revealed he’s losing 1,500 calories a night, which is impacting his role in The Music Man on Broadway.

“Apologies to the entire cast of The Music Man, and in particular my dresser and my wife — all the protein shakes are starting to kick in fast,” Jackman shared. “The other night, I could hear the Velcro go creaking and actually popped open. I’ve split two pairs of pants.” He explained of a time-sensitive rip, “It was an 18-inch tear. I had about two minutes. I said to the stage manager, ‘New pair of pants!’ I had my pants around my ankles. I thought, if my dresser doesn’t get here in time, it’s better to go on in split pants than no pants. Then I saw him running from stage right to stage left, top speed. We made it just in time.”

In the past, Jackman has talked about the intense training process that goes into creating his Wolverine body. Last year, he even shared a throwback photo to his earlier Wolverine days, and joked that he looked like he was in “serious pain.” When the news of his latest Wolverine return was revealed, u/uncrazed caught up with the X-Men star on TikTok ask him how Reynolds convinced him to return to the role. Jackman quipped, “I make my own decisions, brother.” However, Jackman has said many times in the past that he was done.

Did Hugh Jackman Previously Say He Was Done Playing Wolverine?

“I’m hearing about this from you, and there’s nothing in my inbox from Kevin Feige means it’s probably, no matter what idea I came up with, not on the table,” Jackman said to Jake’s Takes last year. “Let’s just be clear that, but now, I realized, before we shot Logan, I was like, we got the idea. We knew what it was going to be-ish, right? And I thought this is it. And that really helped me, it really helped knowing I was going into my last season, that it was my last season that I made the most of it. And it’s still a character I hold close to my heart. But I know it’s done. Tell that to whoever you want to. Please tell it to Ryan [Reynolds]. Because he’s like, doesn’t believe anything’s I’m joking, please.”

Deadpool 3 is scheduled to be released on September 6th, 2024.