Fox’s long-running X-Men film franchise ended with The New Mutants in 2020, but elements of the expansive fictional world have resurfaced in the years since. Patrick Stewart returned as Professor X in last year’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and has even hinted at another return involving Ian McKellen (who played Magneto). Meanwhile, Hugh Jackman is set to reprise his role as Wolverine in Deadpool 3. These major characters naturally make one wonder if others could reappear as well – and if their respective actors would be up to reprise the roles. Well, now, Famke Janssen has weighed in on possibly returning as Jean Grey.
Famke Janssen is well known to movie lovers for her iconic turn as a Bond girl in GoldenEye and for starring in all three of the Taken movies. However, she’s still arguably best known for her role as the X-Men’s Jean Grey, who she first appeared as in 2000. The character is canonically dead by the events of 2017’s Logan though, with the multiverse in mind, a revival of sorts is still very possible. CinemaBlend’s Sean O’Connell caught up with Janssen to discuss her latest film, Knights of the Zodiac. During the conversation, she was asked how she’d feel about possibly reprising Jean after seeing her co-stars return to the fold. And her answer may leave some fans disappointed:
