Halle Berry has opened up about the behind-the-scenes drama of X-Men 3 , telling fans: ‘Ya just never know the shady s**t going on behind ya back!’ The film, titled X-Men: The Last Stand, saw Halle, 58, star as Ororo Monroe , better known as Storm, was released in 2006 and featured high-profile actors, including Hugh Jackman , Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen . But despite its box office success, grossing approximately $459 million (£349.8m) worldwide, a new video Halle shared has revealed some behind-the-scenes drama.
In a short clip posted to X, a snippet from New York Comic Con last October shows Matthew Vaughn , 53, the film’s original director, opening up about the shocking reason he decided to quit the film. He told fans that one of the main reasons he quit the blockbuster was that he uncovered the Fox executives’ plot to get Halle to sign on by giving her a fake script. ‘I don’t care if I’m not meant to say it,’ he started.
‘Hollywood is really political and odd, and I went into one of the executive’s offices, and I saw an X3 script, and I immediately knew, because it was a lot fatter, I was like “What the hell’s this draft?”’ He continued to claim the unnamed executive wouldn’t show him the script, which resulted in Matthew ‘grabbing’ it only to find it was completely different from the film script he had been given. ‘I grabbed it, and opened the first page, and it said, “Africa. Kids dying from no water, and Storm creates a thun.