X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Trivia: When Wolverine goes to the gym to talk to Fred, Fred gets insulted because he thinks Wolverine calls him a "blob" (Wolverine actually uses the word "bub", as he often does). In the comics Fred's character's name was the "Blob".

Trivia: In the scene where Stryker is in his lab looking at a little boy with two different colored eyes that seems to be frozen, he's actually looking at his son Jason that we meet officially in X2.

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Trivia: In the end where Wolverine is freeing the mutant prisoners, one of the prisoners is tied up, seems to be trying to run out of the cage and has white hair. This is Quicksilver, Magneto's son.

Trivia: Stay after the credits for a very short scene with Wolverine or Deadpool, depending on which theatre the movie is shown in.

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Trivia: One of the poker players that Gambit is playing against is professional poker player Daniel Negreanu.

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Trivia: For the beginning of the making of this film, Liev Schreiber had the claws he wears as Sabretooth superglued to his fingernails, but he found that to be very uncomfortable and later gloves with the claws bonded to them were developed for him to wear.

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Trivia: Liev Schreiber was originally supposed to wear a fake muscle-suit to look physically imposing. He begged the filmmakers to give him time to train and try to gain more muscle mass, as he felt humiliated wearing the suit. His request was granted, and he ended up gaining nearly forty pounds of muscle after months of training, and no longer needed the muscle suit.

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Trivia: This was meant to be the start of an on-going "X-Men Origins" series of films, but the idea was dropped after this film was met with a mixed reception from critics and fans.

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Trivia: The only X-Men film to feature fan-favorite character Gambit. He was meant to appear in the previous films, but his part was always written out during pre-production. He was also meant to have a spin-off movie after this film with Channing Tatum taking over the role, but it never got off the ground.

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Trivia: A DVD-quality version of a rough cut of the film was leaked online only about one month before the film was released in theaters. With the exception of unfinished sound and effects, and a different font in the opening credits, the workprint was nearly identical to the finished film.

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Trivia: Hugh Jackman has admitted he was disappointed with the finished film, and sought to do the character justice with the sequels, "The Wolverine" and "Logan," which were far better received by critics and fans.

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Trivia: There were reportedly a lot of issues on set, as the studio and director Gavin Hood had constant disagreements over the film, with Hood wanting to explore Logan's past and trauma, while the studio wanted him to remove most of those scenes to add more action. Producer Richard Donner (director of the original "Superman" film) had to fight with the studio to keep Hood employed. There are rumors things were so strained, Donner directed many scenes and reshoots (uncredited) to help ease tensions.

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Factual error: When Wolverine leaves one of the compounds, he slashes through the door with both hands, creating an "X" in the door. After the second slice, the portion of the "X" where the cuts actually crisscross remains in the door, when in reality the pieces would fall out as they wouldn't be attached to the door any longer and would be floating in air. (00:44:30)

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[Stryker shows Logan his dog tags.]
Logan: I want new ones.
Stryker: What do you want them to say?
Logan: Wolverine.

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Answer: Technopathy which is the ability to control certain electrical devices and Electrokinesis which is the ability to generate, manipulate and/or conduct electricity.

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