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Springfield gets some ‘Wolverine’ love

In this image released by 20th Century Fox, Hugh Jackman stars as Wolverine, left, and Will.i.am stars as John Wraith in "X-Men Origins: Wolverine". (AP Photo/20th Century Fox, James Fisher)

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By Andrew McGinn, Staff Writer Updated 6:56 PM Thursday, May 7, 2009

SPRINGFIELD — First of all, it’s entirely believable that there are mutants at the Clark County Fair.

Ever walked the midway after sundown?

But how it ended up in “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” is anybody’s guess.

If you haven’t heard, Springfield makes a totally unexpected cameo in the new blockbuster, which opened last week.

In the movie, the mutant Sabretooth is tracking down another mutant, Bolt, to kill him. He finds his mutant, where else, working at an unnamed county fair in “Springfield, Ohio.”

“Oh my God, the audience erupted in applause,” said Scott Riley, owner of Springfield’s Main Street Comics and Games. “We had absolutely no idea it was coming.”

Not surprisingly, it’s been the talk at his East Main Street comic shop all this week.

“Everybody comes in and says, ‘Springfield’s in Wolverine!’” Riley said. “It was really, really sweet.”

By the end of last weekend, it was already official — someone had updated the Springfield, Ohio, entry on Wikipedia to include the new information.

“It definitely looked like it could be the Clark County Fair,” Riley said.

Hmm.

Anybody recall any mutants with mullets?

Contact this reporter at (937) 328-0352 or amcginn@coxohio.com.

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Awesome Movie! Wolverine ya sexy thing!

noneyabuis
3:06 PM, 6/7/2009

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I was an extra in the fair ground scene and can be seen just before the guy does the light bulb trick. Yes we filmed it in Glebe and did some close up shots at Fox Studios in Sydney. It was great fun to film.

William Brougham
6:16 AM, 5/10/2009

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Hi Guys,
Sorry but the scenes were shot in Sydney Australia.
The Tramway(Trolley) in shot was in our suburb of Glebe.
The "Canadian Rockys" were actually New Zealand"

Cheers

Joe
6:11 AM, 5/9/2009

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If you want to see the clip I suggest see the movie.

GOD
8:12 AM, 5/7/2009

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Closest thing to a comic book I have read is the sunday comics is the newspaper...Never read a comic book and never saw the other X-Men movie...I just read more than the SNS.

LizardKing
8:09 AM, 5/7/2009

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