2024 Liev Schreiber opens up about not returning as Sabretooth for Deadpool & Wolverine

📰 Liev Schreiber Opens Up About Not Returning as Sabretooth for 'Deadpool & Wolverine'

Schreiber continued to reflect on the often disconnected experience of creating film and television, noting how removed actors can be from the audience's immediate reactions. "When you're making a television show, or you're making a film, I'm not in there with the audience, I don't know that anybody sees it. Of course, if you follow that sort of thing, you can see the numbers, that millions of people have seen it, but I generally don't follow," he explained. This made the ongoing support for his portrayal of Sabretooth in X-Men Origins: Wolverine all the more surprising and touching. "I was so surprised that we had that many fans, and I was so surprised that people were campaigning for me to be in the new Deadpool movie," he added with a laugh.

However, Schreiber was candid about the physical demands of reprising the role of Sabretooth, a character known for his intense physicality and imposing presence. "To be honest, it's a lot of work getting your body up to that point. I know I watched Hugh [Jackman] get himself ready again, and I thought, 'I'm okay to sit by the sidelines,'" he admitted with a smile, acknowledging the effort required to get back into superhero shape was maybe something we wasn't quite keen on this time around.