Famke Janssen Breaks Silence On AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY Absence Despite Return Of Fellow X-MEN Stars

Famke Janssen Breaks Silence On AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY Absence Despite Return Of Fellow X-MEN Stars

Famke Janssen has weighed in on Jean Grey's absence from the Avengers: Doomsday cast, and appears to be in the dark when it comes to what Marvel Studios has planned for the X-Men moving forward...

By JoshWilding - Oct 05, 2025 10:10 AM EST
Filed Under: Avengers: Doomsday
Source: Screen Rant

Avengers: Doomsday is set to feature an X-Men team comprised of Professor X, Magneto, Beast, Cyclops, Gambit, Mystique, and Nightcrawler. 

It's a decent lineup, albeit one that's missing some heavy-hitters from the 20th Century Fox franchise. Wolverine, Storm, Rogue, Iceman, and Jean Grey immediately spring to mind, and the hope is that they'll all still appear (especially with the mutant team supposedly set to take on the combined might of the Avengers and Fantastic Four). 

We don't know if Marvel Studios has a second casting announcement planned or whether characters like these are being saved as surprises for fans. However, if they don't appear, then many fans will be disappointed.

Screen Rant recently spoke with Famke Janssen and asked about her absence from Avengers: Doomsday as the powerful X-Man.

"Yeah, to be honest with you, I don’t really know the storyline, so I’m not sure," she said. "It’s not my world, it’s never been my world, really, that whole comic book world. I should know by now, I’ve been in it long enough. But I’m really excited to see when it comes out. Just like everyone else, I’ll find out what those storylines are and how it all ended up."

Is she playing coy or genuinely in the dark? It's no secret that Marvel Studios is planning reshoots for Avengers: Doomsday, with the expectation being that those will add several previously unannounced characters.

After Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame, the Russo Brothers are pros at shooting actors and making it look like they were in the same scene, even when that wasn't the case. Many of Benedict Cumberbatch's scenes, for example, were done with a stand-in because of scheduling issues. 

Janssen later reflected on her X-Men franchise experience, adding that "those were great films to be part of, and they’ve done so many good things for my career." She continued, "It’s just amazing that over all these years, I’ve had these franchises, like the X-Men, or Taken for three films, or the Netflix series, Hemlock Grove, for three seasons, or Amsterdam Empire and a Bond film."

"It’s [amazing] being part of these, but then having the variety constantly works best for me. I’m really not good at repeating anything."

The Russo Brothers direct the movie from a screenplay by Stephen McFeely, with whom they previously collaborated on the Avengers and Captain America franchises. Loki and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness's Michael Waldron is also working on the script.

Avengers: Doomsday is set to be released on December 18, 2026, with Avengers: Secret Wars scheduled to arrive on December 17, 2027.

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HelloBoysImBack
HelloBoysImBack - 10/5/2025, 10:24 AM
She'll need some CGI after all the work she has had done

Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 10/5/2025, 10:35 AM
@HelloBoysImBack - Her face looks like a leather handbag. 😬
SirReginald
SirReginald - 10/5/2025, 10:46 AM
@Feralwookiee - You don’t look at the mantlepiece when you’re poking the fire.
TheVisionary27
TheVisionary27 - 10/5/2025, 11:45 AM
@SirReginald - Nah forget that. She looks awful. She went from looking like Jean grey to looking like an alien from Men in black.
TDKRnry88
TDKRnry88 - 10/5/2025, 12:08 PM
@TheVisionary27 - She was supposed to play Serleena in Men in Black II...
CplHicks
CplHicks - 10/5/2025, 10:25 AM
When they don't say "I'm not in it" they're in it.
harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 10/5/2025, 10:49 AM
@CplHicks - .........i'm not in it
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HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 10/5/2025, 10:53 AM
@CplHicks - Are you that guy from AVPgalaxy?

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McMurdo
McMurdo - 10/5/2025, 11:36 AM
@CplHicks - not this time bud
Bucky74
Bucky74 - 10/5/2025, 10:37 AM
She had t held up well since X 2 and I thought they went a bit too old for Jean originally, but she was solid in the role.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 10/5/2025, 11:37 AM
@Bucky74 - yeah she was a pretty solid gene the writing just got horrendous
Bucky74
Bucky74 - 10/5/2025, 11:55 AM
@McMurdo - it did but I still maintain that The Wolverine was excellent up until Mecha Silver Samurai showed up in the third act
Matchesz
Matchesz - 10/5/2025, 10:46 AM
Not really trippin off not having her if we’re getting the Scarlett Witch/Magneto dynamic. Jeans such a huge powerhouse that it’d turn it into an X Men movie not Avengers
gambgel
gambgel - 10/5/2025, 11:02 AM
such a drastic/cold answer if you ask me.

It would be really really shocking not having Jean, Storm, Rogue and Iceman on this film. They ARE the X-men at Fox, with Wolverine and Cyclops.

time will tell....
TheVisionary27
TheVisionary27 - 10/5/2025, 11:46 AM
@gambgel - Yep guess we will just have to see.
WEAPONXOXOXO
WEAPONXOXOXO - 10/5/2025, 11:41 AM
so......
this article is about nothing?

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jasonvoorhees
jasonvoorhees - 10/5/2025, 12:07 PM
They are way too old, to playing their roles again. Who wants to see a 70 yo Beast, a 60 yo Night Crawler, and Jean Grey? They should take the cast, of the Prequels. Younger, fitter, and more dynamic.

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