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

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 dupe Berry into reprising her role as Storm in the third X-Men movie.