The most fascinating thing about this July’s Deadpool & Wolverine—other than wondering whether Ryan Reynolds’ Merc With The Mouth will end up literally bludgeoning someone to death with the ruins of old 20th Century Fox X-Men franchise—is just how adorably jazzed Hugh Jackman seems to be about the whole thing. A few weeks ago, news broke that Marvel’s own Kevin Feige actually tried to step in and dissuade Jackman from doing the movie, since it could be seen as undoing the conclusion reached in 2017’s Logan—only to have Jackman be lured forward by his Deadpool love. But, hey, at least Feige was in the conversation: Jackman says he actually committed to making Reynolds’ movie before even bothering to consult with his agent, which is usually, you know, frowned upon when choosing to suddenly revive the single most popular character of your career.

“I had to ring my agent and said, ‘Oh, by the way, I have just committed to a movie,’” Jackman revealed in a recent Fandango interview alongside Reynolds, revealing that pretty much nobody was going to stop him from getting his –snkt– on again.

I was on my way, I was just driving, and literally, just like a bolt of lightning, came this knowing deep in my gut that I wanted to do this film with Ryan.For Deapdool and Wolverine to come back together. I swear to you, When I said I was done, I really thought I was done. But in the back of my head, ever since I saw ‘Deadpool’ 1, I was like, ‘Those two characters together.’ I knew it, I knew the fans wanted it ever since I put on the claws, people talked about these two. So, that had always been there, but I just knew.