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Phoenix didn't get enough screen time in X-Men: The Last Stand, says on-screen Phoenix Famke Janssen
Jean Grey actress Famke Janssen says she barely had any screentime as Phoenix in Marvel’s X-Men: The Last Stand
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How do you adapt The Dark Phoenix Saga without Phoenix? Watch X-Men: The Last Stand to find out. The 2006 film adapted elements of the classic comic book storyline, but inexplicably kept Jean off-screen for a large portion of the movie. Looking back 20 years later, Jean Grey actress Famke Janssen says this was one of the film’s biggest mistakes.
“I guess I got more screentime as Xenia Onatopp [in 1995 James Bond movie Goldeneye] than I really did as Phoenix,” Famke Janssen complained during a panel at Spacecon 2026. “Phoenix was only in The Last Stand for moments. I really wish we had been able to explore more of that, because she is iconic, and she’s so powerful and interesting.”
It's a valid complaint, because somehow Phoenix got lost amongst the many plot points and characters in Fox's third X-Men outing - despite being the most powerful character in the movie, at least in theory. Janssen regrets not being able to do more with the character, because she really wanted to see Jean cut loose. “If I had an opportunity, I would show you some really amazing Phoenix,” she teased.
Janssen continued, “Life gives you so many different experiences, and now I sort of feel like as I’ve grown and learned, I’ve experienced life’s blows and ups and downs and whatever – bring it. I’m ready. I am ready to show you some Phoenix. Some very Dark Phoenix.” You heard the woman, Marvel.
X-Men: The Last Stand is streaming on Disney+.
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