X-Men’s Wolverine Could’ve Been a Honey Badger, Says Ryan Reynolds

Ryan Reynolds humorously stated in a recent interview that Wolverine from X-Men comics and associated projects could have been a honey badger. Notably, Reynolds is the narrator and executive producer of Underdogs, a new Nat Geo show that explores the bottom tier of the food chain and sheds light on various underappreciated animals.

Ryan Reynolds says Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine should go ‘honey badger next time’

Reynolds jokingly said during an interview with IGN that people at Marvel could have easily picked a honey badger when they were creating the character of Wolverine. “They certainly captured the weasel family, the wolverine being among the largest of the weasel family,” Reynolds said. “But I feel like you could have just as easily gone with a honey badger as one of the primary X-Men. Honey badgers are unkillable. These are very tough creatures. You can just really do a lot of damage to one of them and it will keep getting up,” he added.

The Spirited actor further stated that he would like to see his Deadpool & Wolverine co-star, Hugh Jackman, as a honey budger instead of his iconic role. “I’m not entirely in charge of how the universe unfolds at Marvel, [but] I wouldn’t mind Hugh switching things up and just going with straight-up honey badger next time.”

While narrating Underdogs, Reynolds also makes a hilarious reference to Jackman. When a wolverine, the animal, briefly appears on the screen, Reynolds quips that its name comes from an “antiquated Canadian word” that means “boring millionaire.” The above-mentioned outlet apparently asked him whether Jackman had said anything about that sequence in the show. However, Reynolds didn’t answer.

Writer Len Wein and Marvel art director John Romita Sr. created Wolverine, who made his first comic book cameo appearance in The Incredible Hulk #180 and his full appearance in The Incredible Hulk #181 in 1974. Jackman first played Wolverine in 2000’s X-Men.

Originally reported by Tamal Kundu on SuperHeroHype.

Source: Comingsoon.net