Hugh Jackman Talks Wolverine's Greatest Curse, X-Men Days of Future Past and More

Hugh Jackman will grace the silver screen as Wolverine for the seventh time in next year's X-Men: Days of Future Past, which makes him the longest-running superhero in Hollywood. So needless to say, the actor knows the character inside and out. And in a recent interview, he delved into the psychology of the mutant.

The Daily Star asked Jackman what Logan's main curse is, and the actor replied with the following:

"That is a very good question. We explore in this what it is like to live forever when you really don't want to live, when you have lost the reason or the meaning of life. Really, his main curse is this beserker rage. It is what defines him. He doesn't have the most powerful powers - on paper his powers aren't that incredible if you think of other mutants who would probably have the upper hand. He can't jump, he can't fly; he has claws and he can heal but he is probably the most feared or powerful in a way because of that very human quality of his inner beserker rage. That animalistic side of him gives him power and strength but it also causes damage, loss and pain. And with the immortality, everyone he loves dies - everyone who has ever meant anything to him has passed on. What sort of life is that?"

Jackman makes a good point about the burdens on Wolverine's shoulders, but he may have underplayed his powers a bit. Wolverine definitely has weaknesses (Magneto could tear him apart, literally, if he wanted) but his strength, claws and healing definitely make him incredibly powerful. But as Jackman pointed out, the real struggle for Wolverine is the loss that his powers bring to him.

Check out the rest of the interview here, in which Jackman talks about X-Men: Days of Future Past, his on-set injuries and more.