Halle Berry Calls Out “Shady S***” In Hollywood After Director’s Claim She Was Given Fake X-Men Script

Halle Berry has called out “shady s***” in Hollywood, responding to a revelation by director Matthew Vaughn over the X-Men franchise. 

An interview clip has resurfaced from last year’s New York Comic Con, where the British director claimed that he quit X-Men 3 (released in 2006) after Berry was sent a fake script to entice her to sign on. 

The Daily Mail newspaper reports that Berry responded to Vaughn’s claim of deception with a post on Instagram, writing: “Ya just never know the shady s*** going on behind ya back! Thank you Matthew Vaughn for bringing the dark to light.”

The Oscar-winning actress had previously played the character Storm in the hit franchise from its debut in 2000, including the original and sequels. 

The Daily Mail reports that Vaughn claims a phony script was produced to appeal to Berry with an extended story arc for her character, and he said: “I thought, if you’re going to do that to an Oscar-winning actress who plays Storm, I quit; I thought, I’m mincemeat… One of the main reasons I quit X-Men 3, and this is a true story: Hollywood is really political and odd.”

Berry did appear in X-Men 3, which co-starred Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Kelsey Grammar, Fame Janssen and Elliot Page. Vaughn was replaced by Brett Ratner to direct the movie, which went on to make more than $460million at the global box office.