Halle Berry confirms she won’t be part of the X-Men cast returning for theMCU’s upcomingAvengers: Doomsday. To the delight of MCU fans,Marvel Studios’Avengers: Doomsdaycast announcementconfirmed the return of twenty-seven Marvel actors and their respective Marvel characters, many of which will meet for the first time in the upcomingAvengerscrossover movie. Surprisingly,a large portion of Fox’s originalX-Mencast will return, though a few major stars are still missing fromAvengers: Doomsday’s cast.
Speaking toBlack Girl Nerdson theCrime 101red carpet at CinemaCon 2025,Storm actor Halle Berry rejected the theory that a chair with her name would be revealed inAvengers: Doomsday’s next cast announcement. When asked whether she would be confirmed to return as Storm inAvengers: Doomsday, Berry advised fans to"keep waiting"because she’s"not gonna be there.“Halle Berry is one of the biggest names from Fox’s originalX-Mentrilogy not included inAvengers: Doomsday’s cast so far.
What Halle Berry’s Storm Return Comments Mean
Halle Berry Leaves Little Room For Doubt About Storm’s MCU Return
It has become tradition for Marvel actors who return in multiversal MCU movies to deny their involvement in their respective projects to keep their role a surprise for fans. Actors such as Patrick Stewart, Andrew Garfield, and Tobey Maguire have done this, to varying degrees of credibility. Butwhile Halle Berry’s comments should be taken with a grain of salt, theCrime 101star has been distinctly straightforward in her response. There’s little reason why Halle Berry would have to conceal her return inAvengers: Doomsdayafter severalX-Menactors have already been officially confirmed by Marvel Studios.
Our Take On Halle Berry’s Storm Return Comments
Avengers: Doomsday’s X-Men Cast Raises Several Questions
The return of multiple X-Men characters inAvengers: Doomsdaysuggests thatthe Avengers will team up with one of the many live-actionX-Mentimelinesin order to fight Doctor Doom. However, the absence of characters like Halle Berry’s Storm, Famke Janssen’s Jean Grey, and Anna Paquin’s Rogue hints at many possible scenarios. For instance,Avengers: Doosmday’s version of the X-Men might come from a universe where some members died, or one where the X-Men are as popular as the Avengers and thus some of the mutant team’s members had to stay behind protecting their world.Perhaps the X-Men returning inAvengers: Doomsdaywill die, and the rest will arrive inAvengers: Secret Warsto avenge them.
After Marvel’s Avengers: Doomsday Cast Reveal, I Understand Why No Original X-Men Were In Deadpool & Wolverine
The original X-Men cast were notably absent from Deadpool & Wolverine’s cameos, and I think Marvel’s Avengers: Doomsday stream just revealed why.
Whatever the case,Avengers: Doomsday’s X-Men will not be the same versions of the characters featured in Fox’sX-Menmovies. Strictly speaking, Fox’s originalX-Menwere killed by the Sentinels and later replaced by alternate variants inX-Men: Days of Future Past. Then, the new X-Men were wiped out prior to the events ofLogan, where Hugh Jackman’s original Wolverine died.The X-Men from Wolverine’s timeline inDeadpool & Wolverinewere also killed, this time by humans. Therefore,Avengers: Doomsdaywill probably introduce a brand-new version of the X-Men, who could have a vastly different origin and backstory.
