Hugh Jackman finds himself in the big-screen version of a beloved property thanks to his role as Jean Valjean in Les Misérables, but in just a few months he’ll be back in his signature role of Wolverine in the character’s second standalone movie. The Wolverine, directed by James Mangold, adapts the classic 1982 mini-series by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller in which the character has a formative adventure in Japan.

We’ve known the basics of the timeline (despite some conflicting statements from Mangold) but in a new interview Jackman confirms some of the timeline info, and in doing so strongly suggests the identity of a cameo that has been rumored for the film.

In an interview with Parade (via Bleeding Cool), Jackman responded to a question about The Wolverine with,

You want to get me into trouble, don’t you? [laughs] Okay, the movie takes place after X-Men: The Last Stand. My character is at his lowest. He is supposed to be able to heal himself, but he may encounter someone who has worked out a way to really hurt him.

The big bit in the Parade interview is this line:

And there is a cameo from one of the past X-Men in it.

If Wolvie is at his “lowest” point in this film following the events of The Last Stand, that combined with confirmation of a “past X-Men” cameo would seem to point towards an appearance from Famke Janssen as Jean Grey. The character was Wolverine’s unrequited love interest in the first three X-Men films, and it isn’t difficult to imagine a scene in which we see a flashback or fantasy version of Grey.

In response to a question about the return of Grey, Janssen said only a couple months ago, “one never knows… Jean Grey, the Phoenix … she finds a way to reincarnate herself constantly, so one never knows.”

The Wolverine opens on July 26, 2013.