FROM THE NEWS ARCHIVES OF CINEMA CONFIDENTIAL
EXCLUSIVE: Celebrity Superhero Powers - Part II
POSTED
ON
06/22/04 AT 4:00 A.M.
BY ETHAN AAMES
By
Thomas Chau We
here at Cinema Confidential chat with celebrities
on a weekly basis, and while we do want to know about
things like their next movie, their career goals, and their interests, etc.. we, for almost a year now, have tried to figure out the most important question of them all: IF YOU COULD HAVE ONE SUPERHERO POWER, WHAT WOULD YOU CHOOSE? Last
December, we showed you what Ben Affleck, Angelina Jolie,
Lindsay Lohan Kate Beckinsale, and others desired in
Part I of our on-going feature. This week, I
thought to myself: What better way to hype up the coming
of one of the biggest comic book movies of all-time
than to bring out Part II? And
so, below are 25 new actors from the year so far who have given us their thoughts
regarding superhero powers. Kristina Anapau "I
would choose to be able to fly just because I
think it would you more freedom. Actually, better
than flying: to be able to be yourself in different
places. Thinking of a place and then you're instantly
there. Think about how much time you'd save? You'd
get so much stuff done every single day. You can
be anywhere you wanted. Oh, I feel like going
to South France today! Boom, you're there! It'd
save so much time, so much airfare. Also, you
could fly there in real time, just to enjoy it.
I do a lot of studying on astro travel and out
of body experiences. Supposedly, your spirit body
goes traveling at least three times a week while
you're asleep, just spontaneously! Sometimes,
you have out of body experiences in your dreams
when you think you're dreaming. I think that's
deep-seeded in our subconsciouses which is why
everyone would love to fly." Jessica
Boehrs "Wow,
that’s a tough question. You know what?
I would like to sometimes read somebody’s
mind. That’s a good thing I guess."
Elisha
Cuthbert "I
don’t know. Hmm…read minds?"
Kirsten
Dunst "With
the state of our country right now, I would, maybe,
kick our president out of office. A political
superpower. I would rearrange pretty much all
the circumstances in the world right now if I
had a superhero power." Dakota
Fanning "What
I would do is make a dog appear whenever I wanted
because my mom doesn’t like dogs. Well,
she likes dogs but she doesn’t want me to
get one yet." James
Franco "Speed-reader."
Romola
Garai "It's
like the question of would you be invisible or
fly. I think I would fly. Flying would be great.
" Jennifer
Garner "Have
you guys already heard my answer for this one?
Metabolism." Ethan
Hawke "I
think I would fly. Is that what everybody says?"
Jon
Heder "It’s
so funny that you ask that because when “X-Men
2” came out, we all went home and asked,
“All right, if you had to have a superhero
power but one that hasn’t been taken yet…”
But I think being invisible would be pretty sweet
or being able to change time. But flying would
be it. That would be the sweetest power in the
world. " Thomas
Jane "Invisibility."
Ashley
Judd "To
not have to do press. To promote my movies without
having to be in day 5 of an 11 day junket when
I have a cold." Val
Kilmer "To
be able to transcend water." Luke
Mably "Fly."
Olivier
Martiniez "Flying.
Because I hate planes." Tobey
Maguire "I’m
not sure. I guess I’d like to fly. That
would be kind of cool. That would be fun."
Chris
Marquette "I
would want to fly because ever since I was little,
I would have these weird dreams where I would
be floating ten feet off the sidewalk and nobody
noticed and I would just keep floating by everybody.
So I’d choose flying. I’m lazy and
don’t want to walk." Rachel
McAdams "Ooh,
just one? I’ve just been reading 'Fantastic
Four' so I have invisibility in my head."
Alfred
Molina "Being
able to breathe under water." Marguerite
Moreau "To
be able to keep my mouth shut because it gets
me in trouble. I think that would be the best.
My mother would appreciate it." Hayden
Panettiere "Can
I have two? I would probably want to be able to...wait,
can I have three? Like zoom to anywhere I want
and to be able to read people minds. And if I
could have a third one, it would be to be able
to morph into any person." Brad
Pitt "I’d
like to turn back time if I could. I’d like
to redo a couple of things." Julia
Stiles "Oooh.
I’d want to be able to fly. Fly without
a plane." Terence
Stamp "I
wouldn't mind [General] Zod's x-ray ability."
(referring to his character in Superman 2) Denzel
Washington "Super
sense of humor. To laugh people to death."

(Cruel Intentions 3)

(Euro Trip)

(The Girl Next Door)

(Spider-Man 2)

(The Cat in the Hat, Man
on Fire)

(Spider-Man 2)

(Dirty Dancing 2, Vanity
Fair )

(TV's Alias)

(Taking Lives)

(Napoleon Dynamite)

(The Punisher)

(De-Lovely)

(Spartan)

(The Prince & Me)

(Taking Lives)

(Spider-Man 2)

(The Girl Next Door, TV's
Joan of Arcadia )

(Mean Girls, The Notebook)

(Coffee & Cigarettes,
Spider-Man 2 )

(Off the Lip)

(Raising Helen)

(Troy)

(The Prince & Me)

(TV's Smallville, The
Haunted Mansion)

(Man on Fire)

