Dacre Montgomery a Hollywood marvel, but no Wolverine

Dacre Montgomery has been touted as a possible replacement for Hugh Jackman as Wolverine. Here he explains what’s next for his career.

Dacre Montgomery has all but ruled himself out of taking over from fellow Aussie Hugh Jackman as Wolverine.

The young Hollywood star on the rise has been widely tipped as a top contender to take on the Marvel superhero character when Jackman hangs up his claws after the next Deadpool film.

Other names touted include Taron Egerton, Paul Mescal, Milo Gibson and Daniel Radcliffe.

“Hugh has become a good friend and a mentor of mine,” Montgomery told The Daily Telegraph.

“I feel like it is an amazing opportunity as a newcomer in the Australian acting world to craft my own story, to craft my own path and journey and Hugh has been a really amazing advocate of mine. I almost wouldn’t want to do that whole scenario injustice by trying to step into that space.

Pictured in Sydney today is Stranger Things actor Dacre Montgomery, who is the new face of Politix menswear. Picture: Tim Hunter.

“And I think also, this is an interesting moment for me, I am not really interested in doing a super hero film, it doesn’t really interest me at this point. I am really trying to craft something that my childhood self really dreamt of when I watched small independent films with cool filmmakers and gritty engaging harrowing stories. But I still love to go to the cinema and watch stuff like X Men.”

Montgomery, 28, spoke to the Telegraph on set of the campaign shoot for Aussie menswear label, Politix, for which he is the new ambassador.

Aussie star Hugh Jackman playing his Wolverine role.

Dacre Montgomery in Stranger Things

The actor is one of Australia’s highest profile exports off the back of playing Billy Hargrove in hit US series, Stranger Things, and recently picked up the Actor of the Year gong. He also played Steve Binder in Baz Luhrmann’s award-winning Elvis flick.

“I think I am comfortable because I was always a sensitive kid,” Montgomery said of his love of fashion and experimenting with styles. “I wasn't a young Australian man that identified with traditionally masculine things, like I never played sport, I was always into drama and was always in my own room watching movies. I don’t drink. There are a lot of things that I don’t do that are kind of like the traditional Australian man and I think that is what is amazing about this is there is an emphasis on sensitivity in masculinity. If anything in 2023, the social Zeitgeist has really opened up in that men can really be themselves and there are really amazing role models out there that are showing the world that.”