It was last Friday that Berry talked about the plans in an interview on Instagram.

"It's a woman who is trans, so she goes on to be a man," Berry said, adding that she wanted to "do a deep dive" into "that world."

The statement angered many commentators, who accused Halle Berry of taking jobs from transsexual actors and of expressing insult when she referred to a fictitious trans man as "she".

Apologize

Now Halle Berry apologizes and announces that she is no longer interested in the role.

"I am grateful for the guidance in the last few days and I will continue to listen and learn from this mistake," she writes on Instagram.