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Shawn Ashmore is a Canadian actor born on October 7, 1979. He is best known for his roles in the X-Men film series, where he portrayed Bobby Drake, also known as Iceman. Ashmore has appeared in various television shows, including The Following and The Rookie. His talent and versatility have made him a respected figure in Hollywood, and he continues to act in film and television projects.
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"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."

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

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"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."

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

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"Above and beyond having the social life, to have a core group of people that you work with and spend time with and learn how to work with is a nice thing."

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"I think it is important that you care about the characters, and you are not just waiting for the next action sequence but have a vested interested in what happens to them."

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"Why would people spend good money to have my pants?"

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"Comic books and The Chronicles of Narnia. My mother used to read those to me and my twin brother growing up."

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

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"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."

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"Style is a reflection of your attitude and your personality."

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"I never could have planned this, and now I'm in my ideal situation career-wise and just sort of where I am in my life, and I'm super happy with how everything's going."

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

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"Being a villain is great, even though I've only gotten to do it a few times."

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"Getting to play superheros is a pretty good job."

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

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"As a teenager at high school, I felt like an outsider."

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"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."

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"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."

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

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

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"I just got Kill Bill: Vol. 2. I've watched it like eight times in the past two months. I just love the scene at the end between David Carradine and Uma Thurman."

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"Every day on set, there was something to watch and learn."

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"The genre of fantasy is about magic and occult characters."

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