However, bringing Wolverine to life just just didn’t interest him and he turned it down, just like he did with Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, where he was being looked at to play Aragorn.
In 1999, when X-Men started shooting, Russell Crowe was best known for movies like L.A. Confidential and The Insider, and his breakthrough performance in Gladiator the following year would catapult him to worldwide fame.