10 Actors That Totally Underprepared For A Movie Role

Due to the fact that original Wolverine actor Dougray Scott was forced to drop out of the first X-Men movie due to scheduling conflicts late on, Hugh Jackman was eventually thrown into the mutant party three weeks into the film's shoot.

And as the eventual megastar would ultimately explain years later, he was asked by the studio if he could get into shirtless Logan shape for the 2000 flick in just three weeks, eventually noting how he "might have overpromised!" Not exactly nailing the physique they were looking for, director Bryan Singer swiftly decided to push his topless moments back four months to the end of the shoot.

Now, expecting any actor to get into the sort of freakish shape Jackman ultimately would in later mutant entries in such a small space of time was always going to be unrealistic.

But assuming they are completely aware of the existence of the animal their on-screen character is named after? That's not too much to ask, right?

Well, as it goes, Jackman was actually under the impression that wolverines weren't a real thing during his early days in the role. And his call to heavily research wolves instead soon backfired after being informed by Singer that not only was he not playing that type of furry creature, but that those make-believe wolverines were anything but.

All those hours spent howling at the moon... and for what?!