‘Glad This Is Getting Exposed’: Halle Berry Furious Over Hollywood’s ‘Shady Sh—t’ After Director’s Shocking Scheme to Land Movie Role Revealed

Oscar-winning actor Halle Berry has finally spoken out about being misled into playing Storm in “X-Men: The Last Stand” with Fox Studios. Nearly a year after director Matthew Vaughn exposed during New York Comic Con the “shady” tactics used to get her to sign on, Berry took to social media to call out Hollywood for its manipulative practices. During a panel at the trade convention in October 2023, Vaughn revealed that the studio created a secret script to appeal to Halle Berry’s compassionate side. According to him, they added a storyline about little Black children in Africa, with Storm returning to save them from starvation, hoping this would convince Berry to join the project. Actor Halle Berry speaks out about being tricked into playing Storm in the third “X-Men” movie. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/WireImage) “One of the main reasons I quit ‘X-Men 3,’ and this is a true story, I went to an executive’s office and I saw an ‘X3’ script. It was a lot fatter,” Vaughn& in the clip, recently reposted by the “Catwoman” star. “I asked, ‘What is this draft?’ They were like, ‘Don’t worry about it.’ So I grabbed it and opened the first page, and it...