Matthew Vaughnis opening up about one of the reasons he had for quitting directingX-Men: The Last Stand.
One of the main reasons I quit X-Men 3, and this is a true story.
Hollywood is really political and odd, he said duringNYCC(viaScreenRant).
Director Matthew Vaughn and Halle Berry as Storm in ‘X-Men: The Last Stand’Craig Barritt / Getty Images / 20th Century Fox Film Corp. / Everett Collection
I went to an executives office and I saw an X3 script.
It was a lot fatter.
I asked, What is this draft?
They were like, Dont worry about it.’
He continued, So I grabbed it, and opened the first page, and it said, Africa.
Kids dying from no water, and Storm creates a thunderstorm to save all these children.
I thought it was a pretty cool idea.
I said, What is this?
They said, This is the Halle Berry script because she hasnt signed on yet.
This is what she wants it to be.
And once she signs on, well throw it in the bin.
I thought, if youre going to do that to an Oscar-winning actress who plays Storm, I quit.
I thought Im mincemeat.
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Vaughn would drop out of directing theX-Menfilm and went on to directStardust.
The scene that was described in the fake script did not make the final cut of the film.
