Shawn Ashmore
Shawn Ashmore
Shawn Robert Ashmoreis a Canadian film and television actor. He is known for his roles as Jake in the television series Animorphs, Agent Mike Weston in the television drama series The Following, and Bobby Drake / Iceman in the X-Men film series. Ashmore also plays the main character, Jack Joyce, in the 2016 video game Quantum Break. He is the identical twin brother of actor Aaron Ashmore...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth7 October 1979
CityRichmond, Canada
CountryCanada
I'm a video game buff.
We were out in the country running for a lot of the shoot,
I didn't discover Terry until I was 10 years old, he was a legend by that time,
One of the things I was really concerned about was having enough time to train and get the physical aspects of the character down. For Canadians especially, it's such an important image to all of us, it's something that's very recognized. I just wanted to make sure that I had time to do that properly, because if that wasn't right, then people would not necessarily be able to connect.
Obviously I think Vancouver definitely enjoyed our time there, a lot of money was brought into the city, and it was just exciting.
Right now I'm looking for the next thing, I'm taking my time finding something that really fits for me, I want to try something different from X-Men.
So it wasn't actually that bad, it took a couple of weeks to sort of get used to uh, you know, standing around and pretending to have ice shoot out of your hand, but once you got used to that it uh, it was actually not that hard.
It doesn't get more iconic than Terry Fox.
I think Ian McKellen made it all happen, because he used to throw dinner parties and invite everyone over.
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.
We didn't tell the story of a cancer patient. This movie is about the run and the great thing that he did. It's a really personal story, too, just four main characters, Terry, his friend Doug Alward, his brother Darrell and a guy named Bill Vigars.
I think, ultimately, those little details come through, even if it's just in my head.
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.
They had food fights all the time, they were three young guys in a van, for the first time.going across the country. They were excited more than anything, especially in the beginning. As much as it was serious and hard work and all that, there's no way they could have done what they did without having fun.