The actor acknowledges that every time he takes his shirt off for a role, the fan-casting wishes for Wolverine start. But he doesn't take it seriously, calling them "almost like a joke at this point."

The film, directed by Nick Rowland and adapted from Jordan Harper’s novel, follows Nate being recently released from prison after five years behind bars as he’s hunted by a nefarious drug kinpin with his estranged young daughter Polly (Ana Sophia Heger) in tow.