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Famke Janssen Says ‘Backrooms’ Kane Parsons Should Direct ’X-Men’

Famke Janssen Says ‘Backrooms’ Kane Parsons Should Direct ’X-Men’

Famke Janssen is impressed by Kane Parsons and Curry Barker. “It’s paradigm shifting,” the veteran movie star said last week during a masterclass conversation at Malta’s Mediterrane Film Festival in Valletta. “These are two young guys who … built their own audiences on YouTube. They had a vision and didn’t go to a studio with their cup asking for money. They just took their own careers in their hands and for very little money created movies that are incredibly creative, entertaining and found huge audiences. I’m so thrilled to see that. And they’re analog, they’re not AI driven or CGI heavy films.” To nail the point, Janssen pointed out how Parsons’ Backrooms featured a real-life labyrinth of practical sets. “Backrooms is like Stanley Kubrick on crack,” she quipped. Moderator John Ross of Vanity Fair then asked the actress, who experienced global stardom thanks to a long-running turn as Jean Grey in X-Men, whether Parsons should get a shot at directing an X-Men installment. “Absolutely,” she said. “[Their success] just opened a door, not just for …

Famke Janssen Says ‘Backrooms’ Kane Parsons Should Direct ’X-Men’

Famke Janssen on Bond Audition, Broken Ribs During Pierce Brosnan Scene

As the casting process heats up to find a new 007, Famke Janssen, who starred opposite Pierce Brosnan in 1995’s GoldenEye, has recalled her nerve-wracking audition to land the part as Xenia Onatopp in the iconic James Bond franchise. “I became one of three, maybe four, finalists, and I was flown to London for a screen test with Pierce Brosnan. I remember being so nervous because I’d never done a screen test in my life, and this was a Russian character with an accent,” Janssen, 61, explained during a masterclass conversation with Vanity Fair’s John Ross during the Mediterrane Film Festival in Malta last week. She landed the audition as she had been filming a role in Clive Barker’s Lord of Illusions for Bond studio MGM, and studio executives had been impressed with her dailies. “I didn’t sleep the whole night. … I just sort of surrendered, and everything [my acting coach Harold Guskin] taught me, I took with me. And the rest is history.” Janssen with Vanity Fair’s John Ross at Malta’s Mediterrane Film …