Halle Berry told V Life that her character of Storm is ready to ramp up the action in X-Men 3. The interview was conducted before she agreed to sign on to the sequel.
"I suffered through the two movies where die-hard fans would come up to me and say, 'How come you let them make Storm wimp out all the time?'" she says. "As if I have any control. Last time I asked them to let Storm do something more than drive the plane, and she drove the plane. Storm is a formidable fighter in the comic books; she has a cape and can fly. I've never flown anywhere in two movies except behind the wheel of that plane. I'd hate to not be part of the final film, but I won't spend five months standing around, even though we all stand to get paid a lot of money this time."
According to scripter Zak Penn, Berry won’t be disappointed. "As one of the writers of the last film, I'd say it's true she ended up with mostly exposition and plane-flying," Penn says.
"There was a whole sequence at the beginning of the last film that showed the origins of her character in Africa, and it got cut simply because there are 14 characters to service. But 'X3' has a couple of big twists, and Storm is right in the center of them. The fact that Halle is a very good actress who was underused compounds the wish for her to have a better role.
Meanwhile, Vinnie Jones missed out on wrap party for a new film reportedly because he was getting fitted for his Juggernaut suit. And Professor X and Magneto (Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen) are reuniting to do Shakespeare in Las Vegas soon, we hear.
X-Men 3 debuts May 26, 2006.
