Summary:
Key Points
- Sadie Sink confirms she plays Jean Grey in 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day,' her first Marvel role.
- The film grossed $1.15 billion worldwide in seven days, topping 'Avengers: Endgame' domestically.
- Sink returns as Jean in Marvel's upcoming 'X-Men' film directed by Jake Schreier.
The latest:
Sadie Sink told Variety she is the third actress to play Jean Grey, after Famke Janssen and Sophie Turner, ending a year of secrecy that included a script code name and a London shoot she joined without reading a full screenplay.
Details:
- The numbers:: Variety reported the film grossed $1.15 billion worldwide in seven days and posted the biggest domestic debut in box office history.
- The leak:: Singer Steve Lacy named ‘Jean’ as his favorite character on the Los Angeles premiere live stream, before Sink could confirm it herself.
- The approach:: Sink said director Destin Daniel Cretton framed Jean as ‘a young girl in pain,’ steering her away from a conventional villain performance.
- The workload:: Sink said she worked roughly 20 days on set, with most preparation done in preproduction and scene-blocking sessions.
- The contract:: Sink declined to say how many Marvel films she has signed for, telling Variety only that she cannot discuss it.
Background:
Jean Grey, an Omega-level mutant from Marvel comics, was played by Famke Janssen in Fox’s ‘X-Men’ films and by Sophie Turner in the 2010s reboot series.
Between the lines:
Sink said Marvel executives Kevin Feige and Louis D’Esposito pitched her the part directly, and that Cretton requested Jean’s inclusion rather than receiving it as a studio mandate — an origin story handed to a character Marvel now needs to carry a franchise relaunch.
What’s next
Sink returns as Jean Grey in Marvel’s ‘X-Men,’ directed by Jake Schreier. Variety reported Kit Connor is likely to join as Cyclops and Samara Weaving as Emma Frost; Sink said she has not met them.
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