{"id":13612,"date":"2022-11-26T13:24:14","date_gmt":"2022-11-26T18:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=13612"},"modified":"2023-12-12T05:56:27","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T10:56:27","slug":"hugh-jackman-revealed-why-he-turned-down-james-bond-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=13612","title":{"rendered":"Hugh Jackman Revealed Why He Turned Down James Bond Role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2000, Australian actor Hugh Jackman mostly appeared in his local film works and \u201c<strong>Oklahoma<\/strong>\u201d before he became a household name when brought Marvel&#8217;s Wolverine to his life in the first X-Men movie. The Australian actor played the part for two decades and is set to reprise it again in the upcoming \u201c<strong>Deadpool<\/strong>\u201d movie with Ryan Reynolds.<span class=\"gmail-Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Then, \u201c<strong>X-Men<\/strong>\u201d series became a smash hit, Jackman quickly found his name on the top of many potential casting lists \u2013 including the part that many action-oriented stars would die for, Ian Fleming&#8217;s James Bond\u00a0007, he was once up for the role of James Bond in 2006\u2019s \u201c<strong>Casino Royale<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2022\/11\/hugh-jackman-interview-wolverine-the-son-1234785135\/\">IndieWire<\/a> to promote his new drama \u201c<strong>The Son<\/strong>,\u201d Jackman revealed his early career choices in Hollywood and confirmed he turned down the chance to play James Bond in order to do more projects that allow him a greater variety of work: \u201cI didn\u2019t want to do the same things. 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