In the year 2000 we entered the X Mansion, run by Professor Charles Xavier, opening the mutant saga with the first film, ‘X-Men’, directed by Bryan Singer. There we met some of the most iconic characters of the superhero team of the same name from the pages of Marvel comics.
In her first trilogy, Famke Janssen got into the shoes of Jean Grey, one of the most powerful mutants with telepathic and telekinetic abilities. After becoming Phoenix in ‘X-Men 3: The Last Stand’ (2006), where he dies, he returned with cameos in ‘Immortal Wolverine’ (2013) and ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ (2014). .
Facing the new stage that the mutant world is going through as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Janssen has not closed the door on the idea of reprising his character. “I don’t know. I mean, she didn’t expect to come back as Jean Gray after dying.“, he expressed in an interview for ComicBook, where he recalled his participation in some later films: “They were surprises I never anticipated.“.
The Dutch actress, in this way, does not rule out putting on the X-Men costume again: “I don’t know, I doubt it, but you never know“What he has made clear is that he will not be part of ‘Deadpool and Wolverine’, around which There are numerous theories about possible cameos. Yours is ruled out.
“No, I’m not in ‘Deadpool and Wolverine’. Everyone keeps asking me. So at some point I was like, ‘Wait, I’m in Deadpool and I still don’t know it?’ But no, I’m not. No no”.
Mutant success
The public wants to meet the mutants again and, as an example, the success achieved by ‘X-Men ’97’, continuation of the legendary animated series from the 90s which premiered on March 20 on Disney+. This is reflected in the figures, since its first two episodes, during just five days of broadcast, achieved four million views. This has made it the premiere of a first season most viewed by an animated series on the streaming platform from ‘What if…?’ in 2021, according to the company.
The series, which picks up the events of the original series, has been enthusiastically received by critics and the public. On Rotten Tomatoes it has 98% positive reviews and 93% of the audience, while on IMDb, at the time of writing these lines it has a rating of 9/10.
