The tragic, bittersweet final moments of James Mangold’s “Logan” are about to have their stunning finality partly undercut by “Deadpool & Wolverine.” Sure, it’s teasing an alternate-universe Logan we might not know, but it will still offer a brand new glimpse at Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine after what seemed like a pitch-perfect cinematic send-off. Then again, you can’t really fault the people for wanting more Wolverine — nor can you fault Jackman himself for having once tried to keep the character alive at the end of “Logan.”

Speaking to Yahoo! Movies in 2017, Jackman revealed that, although the film was always meant to conclude on a dramatic and poignant note, he suggested to Mangold that an “Unforgiven”-esque ending, with Logan surviving and continuing to be haunted by his demons, could be the way to go. “It’s more powerful that [‘Unforgiven’ protagonist William] Munny doesn’t die at the end,” Jackman said. “You assume he’s going to die, but by taking that final action and shooting everyone down, he embraces all the darkness he’s tried to put outside him. Now he’s got to live with it, and it’s almost more devastating.”

Mangold was adamant about ending the film on Logan’s death, however, and Jackman eventually came around to his vision. “Unlike a human character [like William Munny], what’s most poignant for someone who is thought to be indestructible is him dying while saying, ‘This is what it feels like,'” Jackman said.