I didn't follow the whole 'X-Men' story because it got too complicated. I'd pick up a comic book and have no idea what was going on.

I've been recognized very seldom. I think I just look different in person than I do as the character.

You have to find it in the moment, and that's one of the challenges of being an actor - especially a film actor - is that you have to maintain these heightened emotions for long periods of time. There's no trick to it. You just have to do.

Wes Craven is obviously a horror film icon so I was definitely very interested in bringing something back to life that Wes had created.

You know all those dangerous mutants you hear about in the news? I'm the worst one.

I try to pick characters that I find interesting and complex and that I feel I can bring something of myself to.

You always take a little bit back with you at the end of the day. I always put a little bit of myself into the characters, too. You find parallels, points of connection, things like that. But I'm not an actor who gets so incredibly haunted by my characters that I can't come back.