Halle Berry has called out “shady things” in Hollywood in response to a revelation from director Matthew Vaughn about the X-Men franchise.

An interview excerpt from last year's New York Comic Con has resurfaced in which the British director claimed he had quit X Men 3 (released in 2006) after Berry was sent a fake script to trick her into signing up.

The Daily Mail The newspaper reports that Berry responded to Vaughn's claim of deception with a post on Instagram, writing, “You just never know what shady things are going on behind your back!” Thank you, Matthew Vaughn, for bringing the darkness to light brought.”

The Oscar-winning actress had previously played the character Storm in the hit series since its debut in 2000, including the original and sequels.

The Daily Mail reports that Vaughn claims a fake script was produced to target Berry with an extended arc for her character, saying, “I thought, if you're going to do that to an Oscar-winning actress playing Storm, I'll stop.” .” ; I thought I was mincemeat… One of the main reasons I quit X Men 3and that’s a true story: Hollywood is really political and weird.”

Berry appeared in X Men 3which starred Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Kelsey Grammar, Fame Janssen and Elliot Page. Vaughn was replaced by Brett Ratner as director of the film, which grossed more than $460 million at the worldwide box office.