Halle Berry was allegedly tricked into acting in one of the “X-Men” movies with a bait-and-switch tactic — so claims a film director who was briefly attached to the project.
Matthew Vaughn — famous for helming “Kick-Ass” and the “Kingsman” movies, and who actually ended up going on to direct “X-Men: First Class” years after this alleged incident — told the tale to THR … detailing what he says led to him exiting “X-Men: The Last Stand” way back in the mid-2000s.
Long story short … Vaughn was hired to direct the second sequel, but for a while — Halle hadn’t actually signed on just yet … despite Hugh Jackman and other key actors coming back. During pre-production, MV claims he discovered duplicity at play from a studio head.
Here’s how Vaughn explains it … he says he went into one of the execs’ offices and saw a new ‘X3’ script, which he says he realized was notably fatter. When he asked what it was, he claims the exec told him not to worry about — but Vaughn insisted and rifled through it … noticing that an entire scene about Halle’s character, Storm, had been added — where she helps starving kids in Africa by using her superpowers.
Vaughn says he was disgusted by this, saying … “I was like, ‘Wow, you’re gonna do that to an Oscar-winning actress who plays Storm? I’m outta here.’ So I quit at that point.”
He doesn’t name any names here, but the story is troubling — especially when you consider Halle did, in fact, act in this film … and the Storm scene described is nowhere to be found.
We’ve reached out to Halle’s team for comment … so far, no word back.
