The following contains MINOR spoilers for the film "X-Men: The Last Stand."

Wolverine has never been one of the more peaceful mutants. In the "X-Men" movie franchise, many foes have fallen victim to his metal claws. It's not surprising to hear, then, that he is in the thick of the fighting again in the upcoming sequel, "X-Men: The Last Stand." Indeed, according to SciFi Wire, the character kills so many people that only some of them could fit in the finished film.

"It was fantastic, and there is a good 50 more on the cutting room floor, trust me," Hugh Jackman, who plays Wolverine, said in an interview. "I was like, 'Where are all those other guys that I killed?' These stunt guys are tough, and one poor guy I clocked right in the eye, and he actually had this prosthetic that made his eye go like this, and I took half of the prosthetic off, and so we kind of kept filming, and the poor guy is on the cutting-room floor. That guy is like, 'I took a punch from Wolverine, and I'm not even in there!'"

Wolverine's fights aren't all of the physical kind however. In particular, Jackman drew attention to a conflict between Wolverine and Professor Xavier (played by Patrick Stewart) over how the latter is suppressing the abilities of Jean Grey (played by Famke Janssen). Grey was apparently killed in the end of "X-Men 2." The character is back in the new film, though, and could become a threatening force in the form of the Phoenix if not restrained by Xavier. Jackman was pleased to see Xavier facing that kind of moral problem.

"I think that it was always seen very clearly with Magneto, the ambiguities of his character. You can understand them, and in this one you can really understand why he takes the position that he does. And if you take that example, now there would be many people in this world who would just say, 'Let's just wipe the mutants out, because there are rogue elements there that are going to be disastrous. So let's just wipe them all out.' It's the easy fix."

Jackman also compared Xavier to Nelson Mandela because of the latter's self-doubt over whether he was a poor father to his children while fighting for freedom in his country.

"Xavier is Nelson Mandela," Jackman said. "Xavier has got to have that ambiguity, too, and I think that it's explored really well in this one. He is going against nature, which is sort of against his philosophy, which is how he deals with Jean. He knows what's going to happen. He knows that people are going to die, and he knows that it's going to be apocalyptic."

"X-Men: The Last Stand" will be released on May 26.