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Halle Berry has spoken out on the “shady s***” occurring behind her again after discovering that she was tricked into reprising her role as Storm in X-Men: The Last Stand.
The 2006 film, directed by Brett Ratner, was the ultimate within the unique trilogy of X-Men motion pictures following on from 2000’s X-Men and 2003’s X2. Berry had performed the climate controlling mutant within the first two movies.
In 2023, Matthew Vaughn, who was initially set to direct the film, stated the rationale he give up the mission stemmed from the invention of the supposed method during which distributor twentieth Century Fox recruited Berry into signing onto the sequel.
According to the director, whose different credit embody Kick-Ass and the Kingsman movies, Berry was allegedly lured into starring in X-Men: The Last Stand utilizing a faux script that prioritised her character within the opening scene.
Speaking on the New York Comic-Con, Vaughn advised the viewers: “This is a true story and I don’t care if I’m not meant to say it. Hollywood is really political and odd. I went to an executive’s office and I saw an X3 script. It was a lot fatter. I asked, ‘What is this draft?’ They were like, ‘Don’t worry about it.’
“So I grabbed it, and opened the first page, and it said, ‘Africa. Kids dying from no water, and Storm creates a thunderstorm to save all these children.’ I thought it was a pretty cool idea.”
Vaughn continued: “I said, ‘What is this?’ They said, ‘This is the Halle Berry’s script because she hasn’t signed on yet. This is what she wants it to be. And once she signs on, we’ll throw it in the bin.’
“I thought, ‘If you’re going to do that to an Oscar-winning actress who plays Storm, I quit.’”
Berry did star within the film however appeared oblivious to the tactic that was deployed to get her to characteristic in it.
After studying about Vaughn’s claims, the John Wick actor shared a TikTok in regards to the revelation on 5 October, including: “Ya just never know the shady shit going on behind ya back! Thank you Matthew Vaughn for bringing the dark to light”
Vaughn went on to direct Stardust as an alternative of X-Men: The Last Stand, however directed X-Men: First Class in 2011.
Berry returned as Storm in X-Men: Days of Future Past, which was directed by Bryan Singer, in 2014.
