Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has explained that he’s NOT playing Wolverine now that Hugh Jackman has retired.
Last week, responding to the internet’s most-searched questions as part of WIRED‘s long-running and popular feature, the actor was asked: ‘Is Daniel Radcliffe the new Wolverine?’
He joked: “There’s going to be a new Wolverine movie, in which it starts off with Hugh Jackman being put into a hot wash.
“And then when he comes out, it’s me. So yes, I’m very happy to announce that here,” he clearly joked.
But, some of us have recently suffered a humour bypass, forcing Radcliffe to clarify whether or not he’s playing the X-Men character.
“This is what happens when you make jokes,” Radcliffe told IGN while promoting his new comedy Miracle Workers.
“Wouldn’t it be great if you could just start casting yourself in things by just saying them in interviews?
“So I guess people have been asking something about me and Wolverine, and I made a joke about [playing] Wolverine after being in a hot wash, like I’d been shrunk in a hot wash, and the internet seems to think that I was putting that out there on my dream board cosmic ordering system.”
Radcliffe’s Miracle Workers co-star Geraldine Viswanathan added: “You should do that, though – a comedy where Wolverine has gone through the wash.”
“A comedy where Wolverine has got tiny? And now I’m not as equipped to fight but I’m still really sharp? That would be great,” Radcliffe replied.
“Like a little baby wolf,” Viswanathan suggested.
“‘Baby Wolf’, we’ve got a title! ‘Daniel Radcliffe is… Baby Wolf!’ I’d actually be really happy with that,” Radcliffe quipped.
“I don’t think we have helped the issue with this interview. All I’m doing now is thinking of taglines. But there’s no truth in it.”
However, he went on to joke: “If some super talented writer wants to write ‘Baby Wolf’ and turn it into a massive franchise, I’m in.”
