As Marvel‘s Avengers: Doomsday clock continues counting down, Famke Janssen seems to be lacking out on the X-Males reunion.
The actress, who beforehand performed Jean Gray/Phoenix within the X-Males franchise, lately mentioned Marvel Studios “made a mistake” not bringing her again for the upcoming film, premiering Dec. 18, regardless of a number of of her former co-stars returning.
“I’m so unhealthy at maintaining secrets and techniques that I at all times say to everybody I’m the worst actor on this planet,” she instructed Nerdtropolis. “It’s all on my face. You immediately will learn it.”
Janssen added of MCU excluding her, “I believe they made a mistake, however hey, who am I? I’m just a bit me who thinks that.”
Regardless of no obvious invitation from Marvel, Janssen famous she nonetheless has a few of Phoenix left in her and prepared for an additional installment. “Oh, sure. I’m prepared. I’m prepared to point out you some Phoenix, some very darkish Phoenix,” she mentioned.

Famke Janssen in ‘X-Males’ (2000)
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In November, Janssen revealed she’s “by no means ever” heard from Disney about doubtlessly reprising her function for a future MCU undertaking.
“Each time I do an interview, it’s talked about. It’s attention-grabbing,” she instructed Leisure Weekly. “I didn’t notice that was such an enormous half. Each interview I do, that can come up, and of every little thing I say, that’s going to be the one factor that’s gonna be printed.”
Janssen continued, “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 individuals are nonetheless speaking about her. I’m certain each single time there’s a brand new film that they’re doing… it’ll come up once more.”
Following her final look as Jean Gray in X: Males: Days of Future Previous (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) have signed on to reprise their roles in Avengers: Doomsday, premiering Dec. 18, 2026.
Director Jake Schreier, who’s helming Marvel Studios’ X-Males reboot beforehand gave an replace. “I can’t say something about it, however we’ve began work on X-Males, and that’s clearly very, very thrilling,” he instructed Empire in August.




