Berry acknowledged in an Instagram post allegations made by director Matthew Vaughan that 20th Century Fox studio sent her a fake script to persuade her to sign on for the 2006 X-Men sequel.

Director Matthew Vaughn previously revealed he quit X-Men 3 after Berry was given a fake script to entice her to sign on.

Halle Berry has thanked director Matthew Vaughn for revealing the "shady" decision-making behind-the-scenes on X-Men: The Last Stand. During a panel at New York Comic Con in October 2023, the Kingsman: The Secret Service filmmaker revealed that he dropped out of the 2006 film after he allegedly discovered a fake script that had been drafted to

Halle Berry has voiced her concerns about "shady practices" in Hollywood following recent comments made by director Matthew Vaughn regarding the X-Men franchise. In an interview from last year's New York Comic Con,

The 2006 film, directed by Brett Ratner, was the final in the original trilogy of X-Men movies following on from 2000’s X-Men and 2003’s X2. Berry had played the weather controlling mutant in the first two films.