Famke Janssen Wasn’t Requested to Return as Jean Gray for ‘Doomsday’

In contrast to a lot of her former castmates within the mutant collection, it doesn’t appear like an MCU resurrection is within the playing cards for Famke Janssen’s Jean Gray.

The X-Males star says Marvel/Disney by no means requested her to return because the telekinetic superhero, though she’s always requested about whether or not or not she’ll reprise the character on display screen, together with within the upcoming movie Avengers: Doomsday.

“It’s attention-grabbing. I didn’t notice that was such an enormous half. Each interview I do, that can come up, and of all the things I say, that’s going to be the one factor that’s gonna be printed,” Janssen stated in a current interview with Entertainment Weekly. (It seems like Janssen has precognitive powers identical to her character, ‘trigger right here we’re speaking about it.)

Janssen’s not offended, nevertheless. In reality, she’s glad her portrayal as Jean Gray has maintained such a passionate fan base over time.

“I ought to be flattered, I suppose, that this character has resonated with folks. It’s been so lengthy, but it surely’s good that persons are nonetheless speaking about her. I’m certain each single time there’s a brand new film that they’re doing, like [is it] Doomsday? … it’ll come up once more,” she added.

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Chatting with Screen Rant in October, the actress admitted she has no thought what to anticipate from Avengers: Doomsday.

“To be trustworthy with you, I don’t actually know the storyline, so I’m unsure. It’s not my world, it’s by no means been my world, actually, that entire comedian ebook world. I ought to know by now, I’ve been in it lengthy sufficient. However I’m actually excited to see when it comes out. Identical to everybody else, I’ll discover out what these storylines are and the way it all ended up,” she shared.

Janssen first performed Jean Gray, also referred to as Phoenix, in 2000’s X-Males. She additionally appeared because the character in 2003’s X2: X-Males United and 20006’s X-Males: The Final Stand, and made transient cameos in 2013’s The Wolverine and 2014’s X-Males: Days of Future Previous.

Thunderbolts* director Jake Schreier is at present growing an X-Males reboot with Marvel, which he describes can be “recognizably different” from beforehand launched movies within the franchise.

Avengers: Doomsday will function quite a lot of authentic stars from the 2000s’ X-Males trilogy, together with Patrick Stewart (Professor X), Ian McKellan (Magneto), James Marsden (Cyclops), Kelsey Grammer (Beast), Rebecca Romijn (Mystique), and Alan Cumming (Nightcrawler).

The film will comply with the Avengers, Improbable 4, X-Males, Wakandans, and New Avengers staff as they face off in opposition to Physician Doom, performed by Robert Downey Jr.

Avengers: Doomsday is scheduled to hit theaters on December 18, 2026.