Interestingly, he came to the role late. The original choice of director Bryan Singer was Russell Crowe, but he asked for too much money. Then followed a whole bunch of big names that were associated with the role: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Edward Norton, Vigo Mortensen, Gary Sinise, Keanu Reeves and Aaron Eckhart. The role eventually fell to Dougray Scott, but he couldn't do it because of Mission Impossible II.
Enter Hugh, who seems to be a really nice guy in real life, and the rest is history. The Wolverine is a very worthy addition to the X-Men film universe.
The film begins with a bang, literally. Logan (Wolverine) protects a Japanese soldier from the bomb, the Nagasaki atomic bomb at the end of World War 2. The film then jumps forward to the present day where that same soldier has become a very powerful Japanese industrialist, and has been searching for Logan for the last year. He's dying, so Logan decides to pay him a visit. This is where things start to go bad for the Wolverine.
What follows is a real wild ride. The fight on top of the train is frenetic and brilliant. It's probably the standout sequence of the whole film. The ending was a little bit soft, but that's not to say it was bad by any means. It's just that moments before, there was a big fight scene, and the climactic fight scene was a little bit less than that. Maybe they ran out of money to make it any bigger.
This is a great film. I came out at the end feeling pretty good. I see there is another X-Men movie coming soon, again directed by Bryan Singer. I can't wait.
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