"There was once a time when Hugh Jackman Wolverine cameos made a sort of sense. Bursting out of a cell in full Weapon X gear, massacring half a bunker, then vanishing, in 2016's otherwise pretty forgettable X-Men: Apocalypse. Telling potential recruitment team Magneto and Professor X to, er, go fuck themselves while propping up a bar in 2011's X-Men: First Class. Even popping up via archived footage from X-Men Origins: Wolverine in 2018's Deadpool 2."
"These were cameos we could accept: quick, self-contained sideshows that understood the sacred rule that such things ought to be fun and brief. They also arrived at a time when Jackman didn't yet carry the weight of 25 years of audience investment. Last week, in an appearance on the BBC's Graham Norton Show, Jackman revealed that he has banned himself from saying no to future appearances as the surly mutant. I am never saying never' ever again, he said. But I did mean it when I said never', until the day when I changed my mind. But I really did for quite a few years, I meant it."
Wolverine cameos once worked because they were brief, self-contained, and playful, appearing before long-term audience attachment to Jackman. Early cameos included violent, surprising bursts in X-Men: Apocalypse, a defiant bar scene in X-Men: First Class, and archival footage used in Deadpool 2. Jackman later declared he would stop saying yes to future appearances, then reversed that stance on the Graham Norton Show, admitting he has banned himself from saying no. Rumors link a potential cameo to Avengers: Doomsday, but a token return would feel redundant unless the cameo serves a crucial narrative purpose.
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