The most expensive celebrity cameos ever – Looper

In 2000, after decades as one of the most popular properties in comics, the X-Men finally hit the big screen. The breakout star of X-Men was probably always going to be whoever won the role of fan-favorite mutant Wolverine, a brooding grump always at the ready with a nasty remark and his adamantium claws. And previously little-known Australian actor Hugh Jackman jumped onto the A-list thanks to his work as Logan in X-Men, X2: X-Men United, and X-Men: The Last Stand.

So, when producers decided to take the franchise back in time with a reboot, depicting the many mutant characters in their younger days, they used Jackman's Wolverine as a link between the present and the past. After all, Wolverine ages incredibly slowly, so it wasn't that weird that Jackman would be playing the same character decades earlier.

As a result, in X-Men: First Class, Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) and Erik Lehnsherr (Michael Fassbender) approach Wolverine in a bar. They barely get a word out before Wolverine says, "Go f*** yourself." Jackman is on-screen for 20 seconds and delivers three words, and while he didn't earn a salary for the appearance, he benefited in other ways. "Fox very kindly made a charitable donation to my kids' schools, and I always felt slightly weird handing over the check," Jackman told Slash Film, adding, "I think I may have been the only person to be rewarded charitably and get a tax donation for swearing on film!"

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