{"id":560234,"date":"2025-11-09T22:31:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T22:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/560234\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T22:31:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T22:31:13","slug":"x-men-star-famke-janssen-reveals-why-she-doesnt-want-to-be-in-avengers-doomsday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/560234\/","title":{"rendered":"X-MEN Star Famke Janssen Reveals Why She Doesn\u2019t Want To Be In AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY"},"content":{"rendered":"

Avengers: Doomsday will see the return of a big portion of the original X-Men cast. One actor who won’t be back\u00a0is Famke Janssen. The actress starred as\u00a0Jean Grey in X-Men, X-Men 2, X-Men: The Last Stand, and reprised the role for brief cameos in 2013’s\u00a0The Wolverine and 2014’s\u00a0X-Men: Days of Future Past. When Marvel Studios made\u00a0its memorable\u00a0Doomsday\u00a0cast reveal<\/a><\/strong>, Janssen’s name was a notable absence.\u00a0<\/p>\n

With people speculating that more names\u00a0would be added to the\u00a0cast list\u00a0down the line, some wondered whether or not the Jean Grey actress would be one of them.\u00a0However, hopes for that were dashed in October, when Janssen confirmed<\/strong><\/a> Marvel Studios had not asked\u00a0her about returning. Now, the actress has opened up on the matter, stating\u00a0she has no interest in stepping back into\u00a0Jean Grey’s boots for the latest Avengers film.<\/p>\n

During an appearance on Kristian Harloff’s YouTube channel<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0Janssen was asked if she’d\u00a0had any conversations with Marvel Studios following her initial comments on Doomsday. She\u00a0was also asked if she’d be willing to appear in an MCU Movie. The X-Men star stated she’s not interested in doing so, given that being in a Marvel movie would mean not having\u00a0the same creative control she’s used\u00a0to having:\u00a0<\/p>\n

“You know, I don’t tend to look back at\u00a0anything I’ve done. I tend to look forward. And the position that I’m in right now, [with]\u00a0this incredible learning curve that I went through on [Netflix’s]\u00a0Amsterdam Empire by being executive producer and costume designer on my clothes, and doing a music video in which I sign and dance… All of these added elements, it’s hard for me now to just look back and worry, or think about a part where I get a few lines. It just doesn’t seem that interesting to me. I’m in a different place, and I’ve earned my way into this moment, and I’m running with it, because this is 80 films under my belt, and I’ve paid my dues. And so, now, to have a seat at the table\u00a0and go, ‘I’m an executive producer, I have a say in this. I think this needs to change, and I think there needs to be more diversity here, and I think this needs to be strengthened in the script,’ or whatever it is. It’s amazing!”\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Her sentiment is completely valid. Finding your footing in Hollywood is a complex and laborious process. As such, finally securing creative independence is likely something an actor with her tenure in the industry would not want to see go away\u00a0when working on a new project.<\/p>\n

According to Janssen, it’s that creative drive that would likely not maker her a good fit for the MCU:\u00a0“I would not be asked back on Doomsday,\u00a0or somewhere else, with that type of input. That’s not what they want from me.”\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The actress then clarified that she’s not opposed to be in the MCU, but she’d rather\u00a0it be a small part, citing once again her preference\u00a0of\u00a0having as much input in her projects as possible:\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I’m not opposed to doing anything that’s just being part of a fun ensemble, or whatever it is. But at this moment in time, I just finished a movie yesterday in Bulgaria, called One Second After, and I also designed my clothes on that one as well, so it’s so cool to have these added parts to it, what I’m doing in my life right now, because I love creativity. I’m always looking to create.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Avengers: Doomsday is slated for release on December 17, 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What do you think about Famke Janssen not being interested in appearing in Avengers: Doomsday? Would you like to see her back as Jean Grey? Drop your thoughts in the comments!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Avengers: Doomsday will see the return of a big portion of the original X-Men cast. One actor who…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":560235,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3935],"tags":[27929,3983,77,178660,178661,4516,4517,3943,16,15,7934,178662],"class_list":{"0":"post-560234","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-avengers","9":"tag-avengers-doomsday","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-famke-janssen","12":"tag-jean-grey","13":"tag-marvel-studios","14":"tag-mcu","15":"tag-movies","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom","18":"tag-x-men","19":"tag-x-men-the-last-stand"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115522115016772145","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/560235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}