Almost two decades later, Russell Crowe finally opens up about why he turned down playing Wolverine in the original X-Men movies.
Hugh Jackman hung up the claws earlier this year, giving moviegoers one last performance as Wolverine in James Mangold’s Logan.
Maximus refers to Crowe’s famous character, Maximus Decimus Meridius from Ridley Scott’s Gladiator, which filmed and released around the same time as Singer’s X-Men.
Ever since Jackman announced his retirement, people have been wondering whether or not 20th Century Fox will recast Wolverine.