Daniel Radcliffe Denies Gaining Muscle Because of Wolverine Casting: ‘I Got Buff Because I Am Obsessive…No Wolverine’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director One year after telling fans he has no interest in playing Wolverine, Daniel Radcliffe is once again confronting rumors of a potential X-Men debut.
This time, Radcliffe was asked by his “Merrily We Roll Along” musical co-stars Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez during a Vogue lie detector test if it was Radclife himself who started the fan casting for the “Harry Potter” star to play Wolverine.
Not true, he said. While Radcliffe has downplayed rumors of playing Wolverine in the past, fans continue to push for the casting and look for signs that it’s true everywhere they can.
Case in point: Radcliffe appeared in nothing but his underwear in the August series finale of his TBS comedy series “Miracle Workers,” and his muscular physique was enough to reignite rumors that he’s circling a Wolverine role. “No,” Radcliffe told Groff and Mendez. “Yes.
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