Fanning's character, Cassie Holmes, is a Watcher (a future-telling clairvoyant), while Evans' Nick Gant is a Mover (telekinetic). The actors discussed the movie, as well as their future projects, including the possibility of a Fantastic Four 3 and the rumors that Fanning is in talks to play Jane in the upcoming Twilight sequel, New Moon.
CRAVE ONLINE: What superpower would you choose, if you could take your pick?
Chris Evans: We've actually been talking about this all day. We were gonna say that being a pusher would be great - I mean, you can manipulate people's thoughts and, well, take over the world. But then we realized, it eventually fades. If you manipulate somebody's mind, it comes back to you. I think I'd go with a mover - telekinetic.
Dakota Fanning: I'm not sure, I'm kind of on the fence between a Mover (telekenetic) and a Shifter (the ability to shapeshift other objects for a short period). I don't think I'd want the power that I have in the movie, because I know how stressful it was for my character to see the future and want to change it, realizing how difficult it might actually be.
CRAVE ONLINE: Dakota, can you talk about the Twilight sequel rumors that have been circulating? Will you be involved?
Dakota Fanning: Possibly, yeah, I hope it works out. That would be really really cool to be a part of that. I'm a big fan.
Evans is playing his second super-powered character in Push - the first, of course, being Johnny Storm (aka The Human Torch) in the Fantastic Four films.
CRAVE ONLINE: In contrast with the Fantastic Four, was there less performing with a green screen?
Chris Evans: Absolutely. That was the main difference, really. With Fantastic Four you're surrounded by a green screen, you're hanging on a wire and you're talking to a tennis ball. In this, if there's a stunt, you're gonna do a stunt. It's a tangible world.
CRAVE ONLINE: What is it about you that makes film directors think "superpowers!"?
Chris Evans: That's a good question, I don't know. That wasn't by design, I just read the script... at first I got a pitch from my agent and I was like 'alright, another superpower thing, I don't know if that's really what I want to do,' but I read the script, and it was just a great story, and I met with Paul ( McGuigan, director) and he had a great take on it, his vision for the movie, how he wanted to shoot it. It sounded like a version of this genre that I hadn't seen before. And I thought even though there were superpowers, it's a very different character, a very different story, and I'm liking the names that were floating around.
CRAVE ONLINE: Chris, what's your next film?
Chris Evans: I'm gonna do Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Edgar Wright's gonna direct it, and we've got Michael Cera as well. That shoots up in Toronto in April. Michael Cera's the lead, and in order to date the girl he's in love with, he has to fight all of her ex-boyfriends.
CRAVE ONLINE: Has there been any word of another Fantastic Four?
Chris Evans: I haven't heard anything. I think with those movies, when they do the sequels they usually kind of come on the heels of the previous film. It's been a long time now - I think they're gonna put 'em to bed. I don't know for a fact but I haven't heard anything so I'm assuming we're done.
The first Fantastic Four film took in $330 million worldwide, on a $100 million budget. The sequel, largely a Silver Surfer vehicle, went on to earn $40 million less ($290 million) on an even higher budget ($130 million). But just because his days of being a human fireball are over, it doesn’t necessarily mean that Evans is ready to abandon the entire superhero genre. When asked about a possible Push sequel, both Evans and Dakota hinted at returning.
