X2:
X-Men United
Interview
with Anna Paquin (Rogue), Shawn Ashmore (Iceman) and Aaron Stanford
(Pyro)
Up next
in our interview series of X2: X-Men United are Anna Paquin (Rogue),
Shawn Ashmore (Iceman) and Aaron Stanford (Pyro). Jax had a chance
to talk to them one of the most anticapting sequels, X2: X-Men
United. Here is what they had to say:
Jax:
What do you think kids will find most appealing about your
characters?
 Shawn:
Well, I think that there's an interesting dynamic going on between
our three characters. I think kids will like this sort of little
bit of romance going on with Rogue and Bobby, I think that's always
interesting to kids. I think there's sort of a fun dynamic between…
Anna: You guys [Anna points
to Shawn on her right and Aaron on her left].
Shawn: His character and
I. We're fire and ice and that's butting heads, that's always
sort of interesting.
Anna: Which boys do a lot.
Shawn: Yeah, exactly, and
it's natural. So I think that's the kind of stuff people will
enjoy in our piece of the film.
Jax: Why do you think
Wolverine has such a huge fan base?
Anna: Well Wolverine is
a character that has always been, I think, the most popular character
whenever you meet a comic book fan, usually they're a Wolverine
fan. Sometimes they even have Wolverine hairdos as well [Laughs].
Wolverine tattoos…
Aaron: He's tough.
Anna: He's tough…he's
cool, he's an outsider, but he'll play ball with the X-Men a bit,
but still maintains his tough guy thing and he has claws.
Shawn: Yeah.
Jax: Shawn, were you aware that your character would have
a much bigger role in the sequel when you first signed on?
 Shawn:
Honestly, no, cause when I did the first film I didn't sign on
for a second or anything like that. That wasn't even sort of talked
about, so I knew that they were making a second film but I didn't
know until about a month-in-a-half before we started shooting
that-I heard that the character was going to be in it and they
were interested in bringing me back, but I didn't know for sure
until about a month-in-a-half before.
Jax: Were you at all intimidated
by the added pressure?
Shawn: It was and it wasn't.
More than anything I was excited and glad that I was coming back.
It was a bit intimidating in the sense that I knew that I was
going to have-I felt like I had to prove myself with the sort
of talented cast and filmmakers that were going to be there. So
there was definitely some pressure for me but I also thought,
I thought like that made me step up. I felt like I had to give
110% just to-I didn't want to be the weak link, and so I had a
good time sort of trying not to be. [Laughs]
Jax: Aaron, were you surprised
at all with what happen to your movie "Tadpole," and
the success that has followed?
 Aaron:
Yeah, we were all really surprised. We had-we thought we had a
good movie on our hands and we loved the script and everything.
But what happened at Sundance was entirely beyond anything anybody
expected, so it was a big windfall, it was great.
Jax: Did you get cast in
X2 after "Tadpole?"
Aaron: Yeah, that had just
come out at Sundance when I got cast.
Jax: Anything funny that
happened on the set?
Shawn: There was a lot
of funny stuff actually. We had a great time just sort of working
together. What were we talking about?
Aaron: There's some people
that were practical jokers. I keep hearing stories about; did
you just have Bryan in here?
 Jax:
Yes.
Aaron: I keep hearing stories
where he did this thing where he would take a big plastic chain,
white plastic chain, and pretend that it was like really heavy,
and steel, and he would be just walking around with it and then
whoever was unsuspecting he just like fling it in their face.
[Laughs] Get reactions out of it!
Anna: I never heard that
one before.
Aaron: Well, I did.
Shawn: Hugh's sister came
to set one day and got dressed up in the full Wolverine
Jax: I heard about that.
Shawn: Yeah, there's a
lot of fun stuff like that going on.
Jax: Is it important to
break things up sometimes and have some fun while shooting?
 Aaron:
Yeah, yup.
Shawn: Absolutely. Just keeping, having a good time.
Anna: Keeping your energy
up as well, because often it'll be long, long, hours and you're
not doing anything necessarily. If you just sit around doing nothing
you're going to go to sleep.
Jax: What are your favorite
scenes in the film?
Shawn: I have a couple
favorite scenes; Aaron destroying my front yard is one of my favorite
scenes, and, so that's my favorite action scene. My favorite scene
that I was in, for the character, I think is when he introduces
himself to Wolverine and sort of like stands up as an adult in
a way, so to me Bobby's becoming a man. He wants to stand up and
he is in that limbo stage where he's almost graduating from the
school but not quite an adult, not quite an X-Men.
Jax: What was the kissing
scene like for you and Anna?
 Shawn:
It was the least intimidate…
Anna: The least romantic
and least like, it seems these things are always awkward as ass
anyway because you have thirty people watching you like make out
and positioning your hand, going like this [puts her hand on Shawn's
face], and then 'cause it's an effect they may put like little
dots all over your face. So they can have visual reference points
and so you look like you have brown measles and the camera is
this close [puts hand an inch from her lips] to your lips and…
Shawn: Intense lights.
Jax: What were the X-Men
suits like on?
Anna: The X suits were
pretty hot.
Shawn: Yeah.
Anna: Literally.
Shawn: They're sort of
form fitting, and they pump you up, like the sculpted body thing,
so it's fun to throw those on.
 Jax:
Have you seen the posters and which one is your favorite?
Shawn: I like the posters.
I like the one where everyone's walking towards…
Anna: The one that's on
the back of that [points to press kit]…'cause the girl in
the X-Men suits are so funny. 'Cause they're like [makes a sexy
shape and sound].
Aaron: Did you wear hi-heels
too or not?
Anna: Well, I mean, 'cause
I'm the midget of the movie, 'cause I was never a super model,
so I'm five inches shorter than everyone else, so all my shoes
have about like three inches of height, so I can be in the same
shot as other people…
No sweat baby, you don't have
to be tall to be beautiful, just look in the mirror sweet Anna.
That's a wrap.
If you have any questions, or
comments, you can write me at jax@latinoreview.com
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