Halle Berry had to sport Storm’s iconic hair when she was cast as the character for the X-Men franchise . But initially, wearing the Marvel character’s hairdo was one of the least appealing aspects of playing her. How Halle Berry reacted to having to wear Storm’s hair Berry has normally been someone who’s willing to lose some of her glamour for a movie role.
She credited the film Jungle Fever for helping her show off her acting instead of her looks by playing a haggard drug addict. “I am really comfortable with myself and the way I look,” Berry once told Review Graveyard . “I started my career playing a crack addict in Jungle Fever and got the beauty thing off the table and I love that.
I love roles that allow me to do that and I know that as I get older, I will continue to choose roles that are age appropriate and I have no problem with not being an ingénue. I have no problem ageing and acting in front of the world.” But Storm’s appearance proved to be a difficult hurdle for the actor to overcome at first.
Storm is known for her white or platinum locks in comic books. But Berry could only see grey when playing the character. And she wondered if it was foreshadowing how she’d look when she was older.
“It is not even platinum blonde or white, her hair is grey this time, so it was a little daunting to put on a head full of grey hair. I thought: ‘Am I really going to make a movie looking like this?’ I thought: ‘Great,’” she said. “But after a .
