Bryan Singer and Simon Kinberg on bringing Wolverine into X-MEN: APOCALYPSE.

Director Bryan Singer told Hey U Guys that the Wolverine cameo we’ll see from Hugh Jackman in X-MEN: APOCALYPSE will bring something new for the character. “What’s really nice about his cameo is that he’s the Wolverine you’ve never seen before,” he said “He’s truly Weapon X. Not just the guy coming out of the tank, but the weapon.”

It seems there were always plans to bring Wolverine into the fold for this film, but exactly how was the question. “There were a lot of different versions,” said producer, Simon Kinberg. “I didn’t feel pressured to put Wolverine in this movie because I feel like there’s so many great characters in the X-Men Universe that we probably could have made a movie without Wolverine and it still would have been an engaging film.

“We talked about a lot of different versions. There was a version where he got introduced in the middle of the movie and became this sort of drill sergeant for the kids, but that felt like it stepped on Raven’s role of becoming the leader to the kids. There were two or three different incarnations that we tried, but none of them felt quite right. As we were constructing the movie, we always imagined that they were abducted and taken [to Alkali Lake] and that Weapon X would be there and you’d see something that you’ve never really seen in these movies before which is the full on, out of control, animalistic, stripped down Wolverine.”

With Sophie Turner playing Jean Grey (albeit a much younger one) Kinberg seemed interested in exploring a “moment” between the two characters, even though this Wolverine has zero knowledge of her and she’s just a teenager. “That suddenly became very interesting to us and this notion that there could be this moment between him and Jean which could be really rich as well.”

Though screenings are currently taking place, they don’t include the film’s after credits teaser, which will be revealed when the film officially hits theaters. Describing it, Singer says “We got a concept that we really wanted and it’s a nice little set up for…something.”

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