Darren Aronofsky Talks ‘The Wolverine’
The cinephile community was left scratching their heads when the news hit that indie auteur Darren Aronofsky would be helming what everyone essentially believed to be Wolverine 2. With a bit of time having passed since that announcement, more details have emerged about the project and fans and admirers of Aronofsky are starting to come around. Straight from the filmmakers mouth, Aronofsky speaks with Dave Poland about his decision to direct the film, his optimism for it and it’s relation to X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
“I’m just trying to have fun, and I think for the first time in my life… every single film I’ve done so far, I’ve been the only person in the room who wants to make the movie… and I kind of am excited about doing a film where I’m actually… everyone wants to make it, and just to see what the experience is like, and see if I can do what I do in that world. It’s not like I’m going to change my process, I’m going to be working with the same team, and really trying to do something very, very different and see what happens.”
On being hired:
“I think I’m being hired because of who I am, I’m not being hired to turn into someone. I’m being hired to do what I do.”
Aronofsky’s take on Wolverine in relation to the previous films?
“By the way, take off the number 2, it has nothing to do with that. It’s a standalone piece that has nothing to do with anything in the whole franchise or in that universe.”
