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As we all know, Danzig — former The Misfits frontman, former Samhain frontman, current Danzig frontman – was offered an audition for the Wolverine role that would eventually go to Hugh Jackman, but turned it down due to scheduling conflicts. It’s the classic Hollywood “what could have been, if only Danzig took the producers of X-Men Origins: Wolverine up on their offer to audition for the role of Wolverine” story that everyone always still talks about and wonders about and definitely for sure AT LEAST knows about. With this in mind, Danzig was asked in a recent interview what he would have done differently if he HAD auditioned for that part a million years ago and somehow got it, which he would not have, and finally gave us a peek at What Could Have Been. From AU News:
Danzig confirmed to LA Weekly that he had been approached by the producers to audition for the part that turned Jackman into a star but he turned them down. “I’m glad I didn’t do it. It was terrible,” he said.
When asked how he would have played the part differently to Jackman, he said: “It wouldn’t have been as gay. Actually, (Jackman) wasn’t the first choice. They hired Dougray Scott. He had a falling out with the director, and then they hired Hugh Jackman.”
Wait, wait, wait — NOT as gay? Shit! Well, sorry, everybody. Egg on my face. I was pretty sure Danzig wouldn’t have gotten the role of Wolverine even if he had auditioned for it a million years ago, but it kind of looks like he probably would’ve? Oops. We all make mistakes, all we can do is admit to them and learn from them. And thank you, Danzig, for the clarification. Dougray Scott. Got it.
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He would have probably given Wolverine a lot more Mother issues.
Before this post, I had no idea that Danzig was The Worst. Videogum is so educational!
I would’ve been OK with Danzig playing Wolverine as long as Danny Marianinho played Juggernaut.
This is a fun game.
Okay. I would have OK with Danzig playing Wolverine as long as Wilford Brimley played Magneto.
*pee joke*
DanZING!
“Born this way, Bub.”
I don’t know if Danzig meant Jackman played the role as if Wolverine was a homosexual, or that Jackman played the role lamely, but either way, from what I gather from his quote he was not a fan of Jackman’s Wolverine, nor the script nor the direction of the film as a whole.
He does have a slight point somewhere in there though. Up until Jackman was cast as Wolverine, the comics depicted him as the shortest, stockiest, hairiest, angriest guy ever, but once the above-average-height-and-looks Jackman was cast, the comic books then beautified Wolverine a bit and definitely made him taller and leaner.
I was going to go on a rant about the 90s cartoon, but to be honest it was all just a cover to post this:
I’ll skip the middleman.
I sounded out and can play the cartoon’s theme song on a variety of instruments.
I can play it on the oboe. We should start a band.
Wolverine coming up from behind to fist a guy…
SO GAY !!!
I’m pretty sure homosexual and lame are synonyms in the Danzigccionary.
Was Peter Steele from Type O Negative asked to audition? I mean, if we are going to start giving away roles that Ryan Reynolds could also play, don’t we have to open the auditions to all rock stars?
They tried that, but Billy Corgan kept showing up to audition, and they kept having to take him aside and explain that he doesn’t actually qualify as a rock star, and it was just too heartbreaking.
I haven’t seen a guy trying to compensate for his manhood this much since my dad bought a camaro with his 401k.
WE’VE BEEN DANZIG’D! AGAIN!
Oh Danzig. Shine on you crazy crazy diamond.
DANZIG!!!
He is our generation’s Gene Parmesan
You tell them, Danzig. Any excuse to tell people how manly you are is good for me .
Wait, THAT’S Danzig’s cat? The guy who sold me Lucifuzzball has a lot of explaining to do.
Or to translate: “If I had played Wolverine, Wolverine would have had a pussy.”
an instead of claws, he’d have retractable penises come out of his knuckles…
It’s good a thing they didn’t ask him to play Magneto because I don’t think the helmet would fit on Glenn’s big fucking meathead.
Now you’re gonna tell me Henry Rollins would have been Cyclops.
If I did I’d be a liar.
can we just all sit back and drool over the hotness that is henry rollins?
Danzig little pussy goes straight knock out when he has to use his hands and not his tongue: http://youtu.be/zfD7agP1yxw He said a bullshit well aware of it and should apologize, because only him and a bunch of homophobes addicted to gossip, have seen something ‘gay’ in Wolverine played by Jackman, in the rest of the normal world no one, not even homosexuals. Quote: – Len Wein, co-creator of Wolverine, said: “When I got my first glimpse of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, my breath caught. In that single instant, he was Wolverine.”
But where can I meet older and/or rich gentlemen??
They should have cast Nick Cave as Wolverine. He wouldn’t have even needed claws. He could have just terrified people by being Nick Cave.
Because I read that as Nic Cage at first, with no discernible difference to the sentence, I will go ahead and give Nic Cage the ok as well.
they considered him, but he wouldn’t shut up about his red right hand throughout the audition.
Wouldn’t work. Comic book-purists would object that Wolverine would effortlessly be able to heal fast from North Side Kings frontmen punches
Please tell me more about the Prince from Ever After as Wolverine, please.
I’ve had it with the gay wolverines invading our schools and homes! Time for change! #danzig2012
We have a post about Danzig, comics, and being gay and no one has yet referred to this:
http://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/zines/3174/
Shame on you. Henry and Glenn Forever, Indeed!
It would have been gay in a totally different way:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZDYa_fh1NI