While the stunning success of “Deadpool” earlier this year definitely helped, 20th Century Fox was still wary about making next year’s final Hugh Jackman as Wolverine movie “Logan” an R-rated affair according to the film’s director James Mangold.
Speaking at a screening of footage at Butt-Numb-a-thon this weekend, Mangold revealed to AICN’s Quint (via The Playlist that Jackman himself is the one who eased their apprehension – by taking a salary cut because he wanted to ensure he could do an R-rated movie.
While the previous film “The Wolverine” was made with PG-13 and R rated cuts which the studio then chose the former of, this is the first time the filmmakers set out to deliberately do an R-rated film and not be limited like they have been in the past.
