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As Marvel‘s Avengers: Doomsday timepiece continues counting down, Famke Janssen appears to beryllium missing retired connected nan X-Men reunion.
The actress, who antecedently played Jean Grey/Phoenix successful nan X-Men franchise, precocious said Marvel Studios “made a mistake” not bringing her backmost for nan upcoming movie, premiering Dec. 18, contempt respective of her erstwhile co-stars returning.
“I americium truthful bad astatine keeping secrets that I ever opportunity to everyone I’m nan worst character successful nan world,” she told Nerdtropolis. “It’s each connected my face. You correct distant will publication it.”
Janssen added of MCU excluding her, “I deliberation they made a mistake, but hey, who americium I? I’m conscionable a small maine who thinks that.”
Despite nary evident invitation from Marvel, Janssen noted she still has immoderate of Phoenix near successful her and fresh for different installment. “Oh, yes. I americium ready. I americium fresh to show you immoderate Phoenix, immoderate very acheronian Phoenix,” she said.
In November, Janssen revealed she’s “never ever” heard from Disney astir perchance reprising her domiciled for a early MCU project.
“Every clip I do an interview, it’s mentioned. It’s interesting,” she told Entertainment Weekly. “I didn’t recognize that was specified a large part. Every question and reply I do, that will travel up, and of everything I say, that is going to beryllium nan only point that’s gonna beryllium printed.”
Janssen continued, “I should beryllium flattered, I suppose, that this characteristic has resonated pinch people. It’s been truthful long, but it’s bully that group are still talking astir her. I’m judge each azygous clip there’s a caller movie that they’re doing… it’ll travel up again.”
Following her past quality arsenic Jean Grey successful X: Men: Days of Future Past (2014), Janssen’s franchise co-stars Patrick Stewart (Professor X), Ian McKellen (Magneto), Rebecca Romijn (Mystique), James Marsden (Cyclops), Alan Cumming (Nightcrawler) and Kelsey Grammer (Beast) person signed connected to reprise their roles successful Avengers: Doomsday, premiering Dec. 18, 2026.
Director Jake Schreier, who is helming Marvel Studios’ X-Men reboot antecedently gave an update. “I can’t opportunity thing astir it, but we’ve started activity connected X-Men, and that’s evidently very, very exciting,” he told Empire successful August.
