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This December's Avengers: Doomsday will feature a lot of returning Marvel heroes, including some of Fox's X-Men - but don’t expect Jean Grey to be standing alongside James Marsden's Cyclops or Patrick Stewart's Professor Xavier.

Despite plenty of rumors that Famke Janssen will return as the core X-Men character in the big Marvel Studios release of the year - as of this writing her Wikipedia filmography lists the upcoming Marvel Studios film among her credits, curiously - Janssen continues to deny being involved with the film. That said, the actress says things would be very different if she had her way.

“I am so bad at keeping secrets that I always say to everyone I’m the worst actor in the world. It’s all on my face. You right away will read it,” Janssen said about her honesty surrounding her absence from the movie during a panel at Spacecon 2026. When it comes to the fact that she wasn't invited, she was a little more forthcoming: “I think they made a mistake, but hey, who am I? I’m just a little me who thinks that.” 

Is this definitive proof that Avengers: Doomsday will be lacking the first cinematic Jean Grey? We're not willing to say for sure just yet. After all, it’s possible that Janssen is just doing what Andrew Garfield did during the leadup to Spider-Man: No Way Home (a movie in which he definitely appeared, despite earlier denials). After all, if there's one thing everyone paying attention is already aware of, it's that Marvel has high security standards.

We’ll know for sure when Avengers: Doomsday hits theaters on December 18.

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