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Nick Staniforth

Jean Grey actor says Marvel "never ever" asked her to return as her X-Men character after the Fox era

Famke Janssen as Jean Grey in X2: X-Men United.

Avengers: Doomsday certainly has some powerful mutants on its guest list, given that James Marsden (Cyclops), Alan Cumming (Nightcrawler), Rebecca Romijn (Mystique), Patrick Stewart (Professor X), Kelsey Grammer (Beast), and Ian McKellen (Magneto) are set to return. However, one dedicated member of the X-Men who won't be making an appearance is Famke Janssen's Jean Grey, who hasn't been called since the mutants found their way over to Marvel Studios.

Making her debut as the powerful Omega-level mutant in the 2000 movie, X-Men, Janssen made repeat appearances in the franchise as Jean, spending most of her time getting doe eyes from Logan (Hugh Jackman) and no eyes at all from Scott Summers (Marsden) before Sophie Turner took over the role. When asked by Entertainment Weekly if she'd been contacted about returning to the part, Janssen broke the bad news that she had never received an invitation. "Never," she admitted. "Never ever." That clears that up, then.

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