The Oscar-winning actress took to Instagram to respond to a resurfaced clip of KIngsman director Matthew Vaughn revealing that he quit as director of 2006's X-Men: The Last Stand after discovering the studio had created a fake script to get Berry to sign on as Storm.

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

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.

The actress responded to claims made by director Matthew Vaughan over her appearing in the 2006 sequel Halle Berry is speaking out over allegedly “shady” tactics used to try and get her to appear in X-Men: The Last Stand.

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,