Famke Janssen Broke Ribs on Brosnan, Had Psychic Predict Woody Allen

The GoldenEye actor told a Malta film festival audience about a nerve-shredding Bond audition, a fight scene that cracked her ribs, and a psychic whose Hollywood prophecy came true.

Famke Janssen gave a masterclass at the Malta Film Festival and discussed her career from modeling to the Bond franchise.
Janssen said she was so nervous at her GoldenEye audition that she could barely function in the room.
A fight scene opposite Pierce Brosnan left her with broken ribs during production.
A psychic told Janssen before her career took off that she would work with Woody Allen — and she later did.
The Hollywood Reporter covered the interview on July 28, 2025.

Famke Janssen, appearing at a Malta Film Festival masterclass, told the audience that her audition for GoldenEye left her so rattled she could barely get through the room. She did not elaborate on the specific room or the specific casting executive, but she got the part.

She also broke ribs. The injury occurred during a fight sequence with Pierce Brosnan on the GoldenEye set — Janssen disclosed the detail at the festival, per a Hollywood Reporter account published July 28, 2025. No production incident report was cited. The ribs, she confirmed, were hers.

On a separate occasion prior to her film career, a psychic informed Janssen that she would one day work with Woody Allen. The psychic was not named. The prediction was later borne out. Janssen presented this as evidence of something; the masterclass audience drew its own conclusions.

Janssen went on to the X-Men franchise as Jean Grey, a role that outlasted both the GoldenEye promotional cycle and, one assumes, any residual rib discomfort.

The psychic charged for the session. The amount was not reported.