Famke Janssen On Possibly Reprising X-Men Role: “You Never Know”

Armando Tinoco
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Famke Janssen is not sure what Marvel has planned for the X-Men saga but doesn’t shut the door on the idea of reprising her role of Jean Grey / Phoenix.

Janssen originated the X-Men role in the 2000 film and would go on to play the mutant in 2003’s X2 and 2006’s X-Men: The Last Stand. The actress also made cameos in 2013’s The Wolverine and 2014’s X-Men: Days of Future Past.

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“I don’t know. I mean, I didn’t expect to come back after dying as Jean Grey,” Janssen told ComicBook in an interview. “I came back as the Phoenix [The Last Stand], and I came back in flashback scenes in The Wolverine, and then in Days of Future Past.”

Janssen noted that reprising the role following the initial films “were all surprises that I never anticipated” and didn’t put past appearing in this year’s Deadpool & Wolverine, adding, “I don’t know. I doubt it, but you never know.”

Sophie Turner played a younger version of Jean Grey in 2016’s X-Men: Apocalypse and 2019’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix.

Janssen stars in Boy Kills World from Moritz Mohr in his film directorial debut. The film also stars Bill Skarsgård, H. Jon Benjamin, Jessica Rothe, Michelle Dockery, Brett Gelman, Isaiah Mustafa, Andrew Koji, Sharlto Copley, Yayan Ruhian, and Quinn Copeland.

Boy Kills World debuted last September at TIFF and premieres in theaters on April 26. Sam Raimi, Zainab Azizi, Roy Lee, Wayne Fitzjohn, Simon Swart, Stuart Manashil, Dan Kagan, and Alex Lebovici serve as producers.

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