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The time has finally come for Hugh Jackman to retract his adamantium claws once and for all. On Monday’s Stern Show, the superhero actor confirmed he will no longer play Wolverine in any future X-Men movies after the box office and critical success of 2017’s “Logan.”

“I feel good because I was really proud of that last film,” Hugh told Howard.

But as Stern Show co-host Robin Quivers pointed out, there’ve been plenty of people before Hugh who’ve said they were done with a certain role only to eventually reprise it later on. Should Hugh ever have a change of heart himself and suit up to play Wolverine once again, he promised he’d come on the Stern Show and tell Howard and Robin first.

“I’ll make you a deal – if I change my mind, I’ll tell you guys,” Hugh told them.

Had it not been for fellow Aussie actor Russell Crowe, Hugh might never have starred in any of the X-Men movies. According to Jackman, it was Crowe who producers first wanted to play Wolverine but he turned the role down and suggested the then-unknown Jackman instead. Hugh admitted to Howard he’d not only never heard of the X-Men, he also didn’t know what a wolverine was.

“I didn’t know there was an animal called a wolverine,” Hugh said. “I came to set after studying wolves.”

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