Sophie Turner on emulating Famke Janssen’s Jean Grey.

Sophie Turner revealed to Access Hollywood that she was “crying” when she found out about her winning the role of Jean Grey in X-MEN: APOCALYPSE via Twitter. “I was getting out of the car to walk into [an] audition,” she says. “And then my agent started ringing and she was like ‘Have you heard the news?’ ‘No, what news?’ Then she was like ‘Check your Twitter’. So then I checked it and I was just getting like, ‘Congratulations Jean Grey’ [messages]. Then I just started crying and I messed up the whole audition because I was just like, ‘I can’t speak!'”

Tuner hopes to follow Famke Janssen’s footsteps in portraying the young mutant who can move objects with her mind. “She was amazing,” she enthused. “So, I’m really trying to emulate her, because she did such a great job and I just hope I do justice to this incredible character.”