FILM · 2017 · USA

Logan

Directed by

James Mangold

Runtime

137 min

Studio

Hutch Parker Entertainment, The Donners' Company, Genre Films

17 archived facts · 4 topics · 1 source · Last reviewed Oct 2026

In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hideout on the Mexican border. But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are upended when a young mutant arrives, pursued by dark forces.

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11 Interesting Facts About Logan

1. #001

   When Charles Xavier has a seizure, Hugh Jackman did not simply act as if he were being pushed. Instead, he was held back by a rope pulled by two men to give a more realistic depiction of being restrained.

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2. #003

   Hugh Jackman said this was the hardest Wolverine film he had ever trained for.

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3. #006

   Hugh Jackman dehydrated himself for forty-eight hours before shooting Wolverine's shirtless scenes, losing water weight. He added that the method is dangerous and that no one should try it at home. Jackman had used the same technique five years earlier to create his gaunt look for the prisoner Jean Valjean in Les Misérables (2012).

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4. #007

   James Mangold stated that this film is set in 2029 to avoid any contradiction with the timeline established in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), but that his aim was to make a standalone film not limited to continuing previous stories or making sequels.

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5. #010

   In an interview, Hugh Jackman stated that the only way he would reprise his role was if it were a crossover between Deadpool and Wolverine. Both Deadpool films contained jokes aimed at Wolverine. Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool) is also a close friend of Hugh Jackman. Hugh Jackman will reprise the role of Wolverine in the Deadpool and Wolverine films, as confirmed in 2022 by Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman. Thus Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) was born.

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6. #011

   (About 16 minutes) The samurai sword offered to Logan in The Wolverine (2013) can be seen in the foundry where Logan and Charles are hiding.

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7. #013

   Although Hugh Jackman does not doubt that the character of Logan will eventually be recast with a new actor, he stated that he hopes X-23 will become the series' new "Wolverine."

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8. #014

   The name Logan uses as a driver, "James Howlett," is his birth name in the comics and in the film X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009).

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9. #015

   Hugh Jackman stated that he learned the American accent for all of his portrayals of Logan by copying Johnny Depp.

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10. #016

    Professor Xavier's psionic blast was created by shooting shaky footage and then re-stabilizing the frame in post, resulting in images with strange motion blur that had both an organic and a highly unusual smearing effect. The team shot the sequences slightly wider than needed so that the shots could be blown up to hide the edges of the stabilization effect.

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11. #017

    Opening in 4,071 theatres in the United States, this film became the widest-opening R-rated film in cinema history. It was later surpassed by It (2017), which opened in 4,103 theatres.

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