Gene Gray is an important character in the Marvel universe. Her biography is closely related to the activities of the X-Men. Red-haired and with green eyes, she won the hearts of many comic book lovers. It remains only to find out all the details of Gene's biography and what powers she possesses.
Gene Gray Biography
From the very beginning, it was not easy for Jean to have a fate, as, indeed, for all X-men. She grew up in a respectable family of Professor John Gray. At 10 years old, she revealed the abilities of a mutant. Once a car hit her friend. When she died, little Gray was able to telepathically penetrate her consciousness. From the experienced psychological trauma, the girl fell into a coma.
Parents searched around the world for doctors who could help their daughter. But the nature of Jin’s disease lay in a mutation, so only Charles Xavier, a professor and leader of the good mutants, came to the rescue. So he met his faithful assistant for many years - Gene Gray.
Comics interpret the future fate of Wonder Girl differently. There are many alternative universes involving the character in which the most incredible stories happen to Gray.
According to the classic version of comics, Gene voluntarily left her parental home to study at Xavier's school. She became the first student of this closed institution for gifted children. With the help of Gene Xavier, I found the rest of the X-team mutants, including Scott Summers. Gene in the X-Men team has always enjoyed authority as the most experienced and powerful mutant. A little later, the character connected with the power of the Phoenix, could not withstand the psychological burden and died.
However, the creators of the comics did not end the story of Gene on this, they repeatedly resurrected the heroine, who was very popular among readers.
Character's personal life
No less entertaining is the character’s personal life. From the first day Scott Summers appeared on the team of Professor Xavier, Gene had been attracted to him. Her love was mutual, but both characters did not dare to take the first step.
For a while, Jean tried to date a mutant archangel. It drove Scott a little away from her. Then Gray left for higher education, and her absence aggravated feelings between young people. When Jin returned, she and Cyclops began dating.
The most entertaining were the feelings that Wolverine and Gene Gray had for each other. The Wonder Girl continued to meet with Scott, but when a representative of the new generation Logan appeared at the school, an attraction also appeared between them. But Logan never tried to separate the couple - he always kept his distance. Only in certain moments, it seemed that Gray was about to answer Wolverine in return.
Phoenix Power and other abilities
It’s hard to find a stronger mutant than Gina Gray. Marvel comics describe her as a level 5 mutant. But even this does not endow her with exceptional abilities. The thing is that Jin is the physical carrier of the divine power of the Phoenix. Professor Xavier, fearing that young Gray could not cope with such power, disconnected her from this source. But much later, Gene nevertheless merged with the power of the Phoenix, which provided her with complete power over matter and energy.
If you disregard the ability of the Phoenix, Gene naturally possessed powerful telepathic talents. She knows how to penetrate the minds of other people and create illusions there, she knows how to communicate with animals. If you evaluate the value of her strength on a 12-point rating scale, then the indicators would correspond to 12. Plus, Gina masterfully manages her gift for telekinesis, due to which she can levitate.
With the power of thought, a Wonder Girl can lift up objects weighing several tons. From all this it follows that it is better not to mess with gin.
The fate of Gene in the movie "X-Men"
When in 2000 the Marvel film company decided to film the X-Men, there was no doubt that Jean Gray would appear in the film. The movie grossed $ 296 million at the box office and ushered in a multi-part franchise.
In the first part, Miss Gray appears before the audience in the guise of a doctor who works at the school for gifted children Xavier. Initially it was said that Jean is Charles's best student. When Logan gets to school, he immediately imbued with feelings for the red-haired showy girl, but she rejects him because she meets with Cyclops.
Charles Xavier with his students confronts Magneto, a mutant blinded by fury, who wants to turn all normal people into genetically mutated. Xavier for a long time controlled the actions of Magneto, until he made for himself a special protective helmet. In an attempt to enter the villain's brain, Gene used the Cerebro machine. It was she who awakened the Phoenix in her, which caused a number of troubles in the subsequent parts of the franchise.
The story of the character in the film "X-Men 2"
In the second part of the picture, the X team hunts for the daring mutant who attempted to assassinate the President of the United States. We are talking about the Jumper, who was subsequently caught by Gene Gray and Storm.
While they were trying to resolve this conflict, the people of Colonel Stryker attacked the Xavier school and tried to catch all the mutant children. But they were prevented by Logan and Colossus.
At the same time, Xavier and Cyclops learn that the restless Stryker is trying to construct his own Cerebro, and then to catch it and destroy all the mutants.
Xavier and his friends fall into disgrace. They are trying to hide from the US Air Force in a thunderstorm created by Storm. However, missiles are fired at by mutants. Gene Gray uses her power to save her friends, but she manages to cope with only one rocket. When the plane begins to fall, the villain Magneto suddenly comes to the rescue.
The people of Magneto and Xavier are teaming up to destroy Stryker’s designs. In the final, Gene dies, saving the plane with his friends.
X-Men: The Final Battle
After death, Jean Gray was reborn into the Dark Phoenix. So she became the main antagonist in all subsequent franchise series.
Scott can not let go of his beloved, so he comes to the lake, where she died. The power of the Phoenix swallows him and Gene is reborn.
Xavier and his friends find Miss Gray and bring to school. But this is not the Miracle Girl that used to be. Only occasionally glimpses of the old consciousness appear in Jin’s head. But this does not last long - the Dark Phoenix completely absorbs the woman. She begins to ruin everything around, runs away from Xavier and comes to her old house.
Magneto and the X professor are trying to stop the Dark Phoenix, but she is furiously killing Xavier. In the finale, Wonder Girl participates in the final mutant battle on the island of Alcatraz. Logan manages to get through to Gene, but in the end she breaks down again. Then Wolverine kills the Phoenix, before confessing her love to her.
Wolverine: Immortal
Gene Gray, despite her death, continued to appear in every film adaptation of Marvel comics. In the picture "Wolverine: Immortal," she constantly appears to Logan in dreams. Tells the hero Hugh Jackman how lonely she is without him. In the finale, Gene disappears from Logan's consciousness as soon as he releases her.
"Days of the Past Future"
In the 2014 film adaptation of the comics, Gene reappears on the screens. This time she is given an episode at the end of the film. The X-Men manage to create a new, alternative future, in which Professor Xavier, Cyclops, and Gene find themselves alive.
"Apocalypse"
In the ninth mutant movie, Jean’s life in the 80s will be shown on screen when she first went to Charles Xavier’s school. The role of the young "Wonder Girl" went to the Englishwoman Sophie Turner.
Who played Gene Gray on the screen? X-Men: actress Famke Janssen
Throughout the filming of the X-Men franchise, the role of Gene was played by actress Famke Janssen.
Famke was born in the Netherlands on November 5, 1964. In the 92nd year, the girl, as a model working for the Yves Saint Laurent Fashion House, moved to the United States for permanent residence. However, Janssen knew that she would not be able to walk on the catwalk all her life, so she simultaneously began acting training at Columbia University.
The first series in which Famke can be seen are Melrose Place and Star Trek. Then Janssen began to be invited to more serious roles. For example, along with Pierce Brosnan, she played in the action Golden Eye. And in 97, along with Timothy Hatton appeared in the thriller Crime Zone.
Then there was the horror film "Rise from the Deep" and the drama "Shuler". But the most famous works of Famke in her entire career are the role of Jean Gray in X-Men and the role of Lenore in the Hostage franchise.
The last role of Famke on the screen is the scoring of Frau Mantis in the animated series "Super Mansion".