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So it wasn't actually that bad, it took a couple of weeks to sort of get used to uh, you know, standing around and pretending to have ice shoot out of your hand, but once you got used to that it uh, it was actually not that hard.

Ultimately, I think it's just going to get you that exposure, get you in that door, get you that recognition that will hopefully get you opportunities.

Getting to play superheros is a pretty good job.

Lord of the Rings is a good thing for us because it opened the door for the genre in general. Le Guin's stories are very different from Lord of the Rings.

Some people talk about screen kisses being strange or uncomfortable. But I think that I got along with Anna well enough that it just happened; it was a fun day of shooting.

Our first scene is sort of a reunion between the X-Men characters, which establishes everyone's relationship to one another, sort of like a recap for all those who have forgotten since the last movie.

It doesn't get more iconic than Terry Fox.

I'm 25, so I've already gone through what my character Ged goes through, though it's on a general scale because I haven't studied at a wizard's school.

There are rumors, rumors, rumors. I'm always the last one to know about these things, literally.

I think Ian McKellen made it all happen, because he used to throw dinner parties and invite everyone over.

I'm a video game buff.

The real excitement and big deal for me started when I got cast in the first X-Men, which was sort of a fluke.

Why would people spend good money to have my pants?

The genre of fantasy is about magic and occult characters.

Playing a character who's dealing not only with a superpower but having a normal relationship is easy to associate with, because I feel that everyone has been through it.

Lord of the Rings is a good thing for us because it opened the door for the genre in general. Ursula Le Guin's stories are very different from Lord of the Rings.

I would love to be able to pursue music as a career but honestly, I'm just not good enough.

No designer has really wowed me yet, I'm into other people's recommendations when it comes to fashion.

Instead of being on teams at school, I was preparing for auditions.

My power is the ability to control water molecules and form them into ice.

I think it's more fun to play a hero with an edge.