Vuk (X-Men Movies)

"Vuk: The X-Men fear you. And what they don’t understand, they fear. And what they fear… Jean Grey: They seek to destroy."

- Vuk influencing Jean Grey against the X-Men.

"Are you scared, little girl, who answers to a man in a chair? Or are you the most powerful creature on the planet?"

- Vuk to Jean Grey about Charles Xavier - her most famous line.

Vuk, under the identity of Smith, is the main antagonist of the 2019 superhero film X-Men: Dark Phoenix, the final installment of the X-Men's film series. It is the leader of the D'Bari, a race of extraterrestrials who were near-extincted when the Phoenix Force absorbs their sun, who comes to possess Jean Grey and works to manipulate her to transform the Earth in a new world for the D'Bari race.

It was portrayed by Jessica Chastain, who also portrayed Lady Lucille Sharpe in Crimson Peak.

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Trivia

 * Simon Kinberg cites Lilandra, Emma Frost, and Mastermind as inspirations for Chastain's character in Dark Phoenix.
 * Despite X-24 being the true final antagonist to die in the X-Men series, Vuk was the last main villain introduced.