Guess what? Phoenix didn't like X-Men 3 either

It's two years late, but it's nice to know. I found some info about X-Men 3, you know the movie, the one that crapped all over, and I mean all over the Dark Phoenix saga we all know and loved. Hell, the cartoon did a better job than the movie.

But anyway, in the website, www.thefilmexperience.net, Famke Janssen tells us that she wasn't happy with the outcome of X3. Here's some of the interview with her:
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FAMKE: When I did the first one people kept saying ‘Oh Jean Grey. Jean Grey turns into the Phoenix!' So I looked into the story and I thought ‘Oh wow, I hope one day they’re doing it.'

They did it. They didn’t do it the way I would’ve liked to have them do it. But…

NATHANIEL: Yes, that’s what I wanted to ask you about because it was basically your big moment but there were so many subplots.

FAMKE: I know.

NATHANIEL: And I kept thinking ‘This should be Famke’s movie!’ when I was watching it.

FAMKE: That’s not the way it works. The way it works is that some people get paid a lot of money on those movies and I’m not one of them. And they need to give them as much screen time as possible. That’s really how it works.

NATHANIEL: That’s crazy because all the drama was yours. And yet, there was all this other... stuff.

FAMKE: Yes and I kept fighting it, too. I said ‘Look you set up the character like that in the beginning of the film. You have her kill Patrick Stewart’s character. You have her kill her own fiancé in the film. And then where do you take it? You’ve got to follow it through. You can’t just leave it dangling there.'

NATHANIEL: Yeah.

FAMKE: But they did.

NATHANIEL: It’s good to hear that because as I watching it I kept thinking This is the Movie. What is all this... other stuff?

FAMKE: People who I know who really like the X-Men comic books really love that story arc. It felt to me like a missed opportunity. People ask ‘Are they going to come back and do it and I say, no that’s now done. It was done in that way.

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There's more here:http://blogs.coventrytelegraph.net/thegeekfiles/2008/06/famke-janssen-speaks-out-over.html

including deleted story lines and ideas. I wished they've thought out the plot for X3, but they didn't. Perhaps if the Hulk semi-remake works, then there could be hope for a proper Phoenix story. I think an animated version would suffice, however you never know what's happening in the Marvel studios these days.