“She hasn’t signed on yet, but this is what she wants it to be.
Though he eventually directed 2011’sX-Men: First Class,Matthew Vaughnalmost entered Marvel’s mutant film franchise even earlier.
Vaughn observed the studio being deceitful with Oscar-winning actressHalle Berry, who played the superhero Storm.
Halle Berry as Storm in ‘X-Men: The Last Stand.'.Everett Collection
“Hollywood is really political and odd.
“I was like, what the hell’s this draft?
They said, ‘don’t worry about it.'”
“That’s a pretty cool idea,” Vaughn said.
“So I was like, what’s this?
They said it was the Halle Berry script.
‘She hasn’t signed on yet, but this is what she wants it to be.
So once she signs on, we’ll throw it in the bin.’
I said wow, you’re going to do that to an Oscar-winning actress?
I’m out of here.
So I quit at that point.
I figured I was mincemeat.”
Representatives for Berry did not immediately respond to EW’s request for comment on this story.
It was not a positive experience.
In betweenThe Last StandandFirst Class, the success of Vaughn’sKick-Asshad endeared him to Hollywood once again.
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