Grown Men’ Were Crying Profusely’ During ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Camera Tests Because Hugh Jackman Showed Signs Of… See more

“It was one of the craziest things,” Jacobson said. “It was the camera test. It was before we started shooting. To see both of those guys, first of all, in costume together was just mind-blowing, but Hugh walking out in the yellow and blue, I mean, there were grown men, like, sobbing on set. So we knew it was a special, very special thing.”

Speaking to Variety for a cover story on “Deadpool & Wolverine,” Jackman said “everyone was in black leather” when the first X-Men movie was coming together in 1999 so “part of my brain was institutionalized that that’s the way it is,” referring to the original look of his onscreen Wolverine.

“As soon as I put [the yellow suit] on, I couldn’t believe I never had before,” he added.

“I’ve never seen a crew reaction like that,” Ryan Reynolds added. “We barely talked about the suit in the early development because it was a no-brainer. You don’t do this character now unless he’s in the suit.”

According to “Deadpool & Wolverine” director Shawn Levy, it was Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige who told him that if Jackman were to return as Wolverine after 2017’s note-perfect “Logan” then it would have to be in the yellow suit. Levy added: “We immediately responded, ‘Hell fucking yes.’”