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So you were furious when Hugh Jackman was cast as Wolverine? Roland00 Send a noteboard - 21/06/2019 06:33:16 PM

Hugh Jackman height 6′ 2″ or 6' 3" depending on sources.

Wolverine Comics height 5' 3".

That was kind of a big deal Wolverine being 6 inches shorter than the median / middle average man in comics.

Here was a man who was shorter than 95%+ of men. Yeah Wolverine is shorter than you, but even without his super-strength and claws he will clobber most non mutants in a fight with his 195lb muscle frame on 5'3" (300 lbs with his metal skeleton.) Punching him is like punching a tank, and then the short gun will run you over and beat the shit out of you in a bar fight even though he is so small.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R99FEsWf4w

And if you really pissed him off his claws come out

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Yeah some fans were very scared when they heard Wolverine was cast as Hugh Jackman 20 years ago. I was glad he gave a superb performance even though he is a foot too tall.

Adaptations are weird things after all.

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Rosamund Pike is playing Moiraine. Cannoli - 20/06/2019 11:16:24 PM 863 Views
More than a bit tall damookster - 21/06/2019 03:22:57 AM 459 Views
5'2" per the WoT Companion. *NM* Cannoli - 21/06/2019 11:33:40 AM 230 Views
For what it's worth, Erica Tazel, who played Rachel Brooks on Justified and Emilia Clarke, are 5'2" Cannoli - 22/06/2019 12:49:49 PM 460 Views
Moiraine isn't actually "middle aged" though. She is all of 40-ish out of a 700-ish lifespan. Dunstan - 24/06/2019 02:59:59 PM 448 Views
700-ish is without the binder effects of the oath rod. damookster - 24/06/2019 03:18:36 PM 504 Views
The binders cause them to gray and die prematurely. They don’t actually make them AGE any faster. Dunstan - 25/06/2019 08:31:18 PM 608 Views
The text Cannoli - 24/06/2019 03:25:58 PM 436 Views
Is her height a particularly important trait? *NM* fionwe1987 - 21/06/2019 12:31:58 PM 225 Views
Only if it signifies that the show will be cast with no consideration for descriptions. *NM* damookster - 21/06/2019 01:57:09 PM 235 Views
So you were furious when Hugh Jackman was cast as Wolverine? Roland00 - 21/06/2019 06:33:16 PM 435 Views
No but I hated Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher damookster - 21/06/2019 10:13:18 PM 448 Views
Who? Roland00 - 21/06/2019 11:39:47 PM 429 Views
Re: Who? Cannoli - 22/06/2019 12:23:45 PM 425 Views
Re: Cruise damookster - 22/06/2019 06:55:28 PM 479 Views
I just realized Rosamund Pike was the female lead in Reacher with Tom Cruise. How funny. *NM* damookster - 23/06/2019 01:37:51 AM 231 Views
Why else would you have brought that movie up? *NM* Cannoli - 26/06/2019 11:45:31 PM 228 Views
Height is not always obvious on screen fionwe1987 - 21/06/2019 07:44:00 PM 425 Views
I may be wrong, but I recall her physical height being referred to constantly in the books. HyogaRott - 21/06/2019 04:35:40 PM 512 Views
fionwe1987 - 21/06/2019 07:45:33 PM 392 Views
I would say yes.... Jeordam - 21/06/2019 04:48:12 PM 447 Views
Have you read New Spring? Legolas - 21/06/2019 06:34:39 PM 446 Views
But her thoughts are never vocalized on New Spring... fionwe1987 - 21/06/2019 07:47:42 PM 462 Views
That seems like an odd argument. Legolas - 21/06/2019 09:13:51 PM 479 Views
Height's relative, and can be manipulated on screen, if needed... fionwe1987 - 21/06/2019 09:46:20 PM 400 Views
I find it ineteresting that they are calling her role the lead role random thoughts - 24/06/2019 02:41:40 PM 435 Views
Remove the PoV structure of the books, and she is the lead in Eye of the World. *NM* fionwe1987 - 24/06/2019 05:08:44 PM 203 Views
I guess that depends on how you define lead random thoughts - 25/06/2019 02:21:02 PM 425 Views
Moiraine was the Dragon Reborn?!? *NM* Jeordam - 24/06/2019 05:36:37 PM 238 Views
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