Plot: Four young men who belong to a supernatural legacy are charged with stopping the evil force they released into the world years earlier. Another great force they must contend with is the jealousy and suspicion that threatens to tear them apart.

Release Date: September 8, 2006

Special interviews from the set in Montréal, Québec, Canada.

Toby Hemingway

Chace Crawford

Taylor Kitsch

Q: Could you each talk about what’s special in relation to your character?

Toby: Special? I guess Reid is more of the rebel, he doesn’t think about his actions as much. He likes to play with his powers and stuff.

Taylor: I think Pouge is kind of a mixture of everyone in a sense. He’s got a wild side, especially when he’s around [these guys], and then when he’s around Caleb he’s more serious. He’s kind of a mediator, he gives a balance.

Toby: Between me and Caleb especially, since we don’t see eye to eye.

Chace: I like Tyler, he’s like the rookie, the young one of the group as far as this goes. He kind of looks up to Reid, he’s there for the fun, the good times. It’s kind of playing myself [laughs]. It’s a good character.

Q: Are you guys full-fledged warlocks in the movie?

Toby: Just about. You turn 18 and you ascend, you get your full powers. We’re 17, 16. At 13 you get a taste of it, you don’t really get too much or else you’ll abuse it. When you turn 18 and use your powers, you age more and it becomes addictive. And our parents are all fucked up on it.

Q: Someone said this is like The Craft for dudes.

Taylor: Better!  It’s much better.

Chace: Well, the special effects will be awesome. Way different from The Craft.

Q: Is there a lot of action?

Taylor: Tons of action. And I think everyone has their moments.  You see their characters and how they react to certain situations, and everyone has their opportunity.

Toby: There’s some conflict and suspicion between us over the use of power, because everyone knows it’s addictive.

Q: You each have your own unique ability in the movie?

Toby: We have the same, but we have different styles of use.

Taylor: We have our own discretion. Because of the repercussions that go along with it. There are characters who won’t use it at all unless absolutely necessary, and others who’ll use it whenever.

Q: If power corrupts, what’s the worst thing you do?

Taylor: Avenging. He has this inkling, I guess you could say, and then finally figures it out.

Toby: Jealousy, for my character.

Q: So you’re not all aligned against one common foe?

Taylor: No, the conflict is amongst ourselves.

Q: Do you all have a favorite scene?

Taylor: The ones with me in them! [laughs]

Toby: The cliff scene’s really fun, where we jump off.

Chace: My favorite scene… we’re in a bar, basically playing pool and having a good time, and we end up gambling and using our powers for fun.

Toby: I like when we all use what we have, show what we’re made of.

Taylor: I want to see the swimming scene, just because we did so much work for that shot. I had to learn the butterfly for two months. I’m excited to see how that turns out.

Q: Taylor, what’s the difference between doing a movie like this and doing Snakes on a Plane?

Taylor: [laughs] Obviously my role in this is bigger. I think the major difference is being with the other actors, working with one another, it’s a huge give and take – Caleb and myself, we’re in pretty much every scene together. Night shooting, that was hard. I think the biggest was just being with the guys, getting that camaraderie on screen and off.

Q: Any challenges working with blue screen?

Taylor: We’ve practiced so much it’s like cake.

Q: What about working with your director, Renny Harlin?

Toby: Awesome. Everyone knows exactly what’s going on the moment you get there, you’re never waiting around. He’ll let you try things too, play around with it.

Taylor: And in the shot, he makes you look so unreal. And it gives you that much more confidence on set that you know he’s going to get that shot.

Toby: And all the sets are great, to really put you in the moment.

Chace: And the friendship we have makes it natural to work with each other.

Taylor: Speak for yourself, I’m counting the minutes left! [laughs]

Q: When you use your powers do you all have specific gestures?

Toby: Our eyes go completely jet black, but we all did develop our styles. I’d say mine’s more… sloppy.  They explain to you so well how it’ll work in the scene that you literally don’t feel stupid doing it.

Q: How did you come to be involved in the production?

Toby: Mindy Marin! Make sure you get that!  I think a lot of us went out for Eragon…  I don’t think I got that one… [laughs] but Mindy brought me back for this. Originally went for a different character and they offered me this one. And I said… maybe. [laughs]

Q: You guys had training for this?

Chace: Just working on the [wire] rig. Once you get the hang of it, it’s fun.

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Staci Layne Wilson reporting