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X-Men Star Doesn't Rule Out Possibility of Reprising Role in MCU Reboot


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Fox's X-Men film franchise may have been a hit and miss but it can't be denied that it had its redeeming qualities and the original films actually have a strong cult following up to this day. Now, with Marvel Studios finally taking a crack at the mutants, it's almost guaranteed that we're getting fresh new faces considering the now-defunct Foxverse wasn't actually canon to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

However, one actress from the original X-Men films of the early 2000s isn't ruling out the possibility of her coming back to reprise her mutant role in the MCU. Famke Janssen, who played Jean Grey on four separate occasions says that she'd be down to return to the world of Marvel given the opportunity.



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In an exclusive interview with Looper, Famke said that it would be great to play Jean Grey once again, a character that is near and dear to her. She explains: "Jean was such a wonderful character to play. Sophie Turner is doing such an amazing job, so I can't imagine anybody like me coming back. But we've seen it obviously, with Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, that we've seen in both incarnations the younger and older or more mature, or whatever the politically correct term for that is. But yeah, so it'd be great to come back, but let's just see how life goes."

Again, given the fact that the MCU wants to start on a clean slate, chances are Kevin Feige and his crew would be casting new actors to portray the Earth-616 version of the mutants so don't expect actors like Janssen or Turner to once again become full-time members of the X-Men. That's not to say though that they won't be able to do at least a cameo appearance in future Marvel projects considering they are now exploring the multiverse. Let's just see what happens down the line.

Meanwhile, Marvel Studios' X-Men reboot is reportedly in active development.

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