In an interview with
IGN Movies, the young actress talked in detail about her role as the iconic X-Men villain in the upcoming movie and below are a few of the main excerpts. To read it in its entirety, be sure to click on the link below to head on over to the site.
On The Character Of Mystique:
Raven, or Mystique, is a shape-shifter and when she is in her natural, blue, scaly, red-haired form she also has super-human agility. She's young, and she's a normal teenager dealing with insecurities, but her insecurities aren't that normal. She's insecure about being a mutant, but she slowly grows to accept it and evolves into herself and starts to love it.
On Her Mutant Powers In The Movie:
She's been shape-shifting for a long time, but she's just recently learning about her superhuman agility. She discovers that in the movie.
On Playing A Good Version Of Mystique Before She Goes Bad:
Of course. I love characters that evolve and stories that evolve, and that's my favourite part about this entire film - every character goes through an evolution to get to where they are now. We know which side they are on, but with this movie we get to see why. That's what I think is interesting - she's not just a good girl gone bad, she's a good girl that's been hurt and kind of finds a resolve or comfort on this side that she really thinks is right. She doesn't think that she's going to the bad side or the dark side, I think that that was just what made more sense to her. Because at the end of it she realises that she can't get rid of it. She's tried to be normal her whole life, and this side supports and accepts her totally for who she is.
On Her Favourite Action Sequences:
Well originally the X-Jet, because turning around in the X-Jet is the most fun rollercoaster in the world. But we were there for about three weeks and by the end I just wanted to be out of it. But that was the most fun originally.
On Whether She'll Be Back For A Sequel To X-Men: First Class:
Yes, I'm having a blast - let's shoot them right now!
X-Men: First Class is set to be released in the UK on June 1st and in the US on June 2nd.
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