Until recently, she was known as the star of the series "Staying Alive". However, now, having appeared in the film "Man-ant and Wasp", the 38-year-old actress Evangeline Lilly became a full-fledged part of the world of superheroes.

I was bought for fun Three years ago, you starred in the first film about the human ant. What was it like to return?.

I was very nervous! The first week of filming was for me torture. I could not understand whether I was doing everything right, whether I was giving the emotional change that happened to my heroine. She also managed to establish relations with his father (his role was once again performed by Michael Douglas. - Prim. red. ), with whom they kept a distance for 30 years.

Show metamorphosis need to be neat, because the character in the sequel can not radically differ from himself in the first film. I was scared. And what if the audience will see and say: "What the hell! This is another person! ". The earth was leaving from under the feet, but as soon as they started shooting, I gained confidence in myself and in what we are doing!.

Your heroine Hope van Dine so longed to pull on a superhero costume!. In the new film, it finally happened.

Yes, Hope always knew she could become a superhero, but she always got a refusal. Can you imagine how disappointed she was? !! Now Hope feels much better, because she is free and fully responsible for everything that is happening to her. In addition, except that the relationship with Scott Lang - the character of Paul Rudd!.

What is it like to play in a movie about superheroes?.

"I do not want to star in a stupid film about superheroes" -this was my first reaction to an agent's offer to join this project. Only producers do not say that! (Laughs). ) But my agent knows me well and just asked me to listen to the proposal until the end.

First, he said, the project is engaged in Edgar Wright (the creator of the films "The Kid on the Drive", "The Type of the Hard Pug", "Armageddetz", "The Adventures of Tintin. The Mystery of the Unicorn ". - Prim. red. Secondly, in the title role - Paul Rudd. And I thought: this is cool! After all, no matter what they shoot, something will turn out. This me and intrigued.

Then I decided to dive into the topic. By that time, I had only seen the "Iron Man", but only perceived it as a film with Robert Downey Jr. in the title role, and not as a film adaptation of comics by Marvel. I had no idea how steep this universe.

Especially I like the fact that in their films the company winks at the audience, as if to say: yes, we are aware that it looks a little stupid - these men in leotards, with cloaks on their shoulders and plastic facial masks. But it's fun, so why not laugh out of the shower! This they bought me. In Marvel movies, especially in The Human-Ants, so much humor that I am having fun as a child.

Appetizing ass little, need biceps Morally prepare for the role, of course, is important. And what about the physical form - did you have to get weaker?.

And I always keep myself in shape. And everything I did for the role did not differ from my usual workouts. I usually have a problem of a different level. Sometimes, the directors say: "We like you, we will give you a role. But I'll have to do something about it (points to my biceps). You should look like a normal person ".

And it always seemed to me that I looked like a normal person. I'm so in ordinary life. And anyway, I think that superhero women need to be strong and outwardly, and not just have a beautiful chest or mouth-watering ass!.

In the case of Osoy, your athletic figure is rather a plus.

Yes, yes, real wasps also think so! Since the beginning of the film, these insects have become attracted to me like a magnet. This is really strange! I love insects since childhood. I do not invent, ask my relatives! I even had a nickname Caterpillar. Why? And I once asked friends-boys to clap me from head to toe with caterpillars.

In this form, and worn around other girls, frightening them. Since childhood, I have an irresistible anger people who press insects. How is this possible, because these are living beings! Now I teach my love for spider beetles to my children. My kids have no choice: they will have to fall in love with insects!.

By the way, do they know that their mother was Osoby?.

The daughter is still too young to be so interested, she is only two and a half years old. But the 7-year-old Kahekili terribly proud that his mother - Wasp. On the first day of shooting, we with Norman (Norman Kali, the actress's civilian husband. - Prim. red. ) led the boy to the playground. And he went to the laboratory, the very one where our characters are decreasing everything - an amazing place.

Kahekili ran around and asked: "Mom, can I press this button?" And this one? ". Buttons there is really a lot. He was allowed to click on a couple, making a promise to exercise extreme caution. The son glowed with happiness, sitting at the big control panel, pressing all these buttons. And then he turned around, looked at his father with eyes full of rapture, and said: "Dad, I'm Osa". God, this is such a feeling!.

I remember, in my childhood I often imagined myself a Spider-Man. Alas, but we, the boys, have to choose a role model of male superheroes - for girls, then the choice is small. It's unaccustomed to hear boys compare themselves to a female superhero or to ask for a tiara and a belt at the exit from the cinema. Miracle women. But this, I think, is fair.

I'm sure my character will bring incredible grace to the film. Otherwise, it can not be:

if you fight, flying up into the air, then you can land beautifully, only having wings. Acting differently, you will break all the joints. With the advent of the Wasps thanks to its wings, everything in the frame looks more elegant and airy - even the scenes of the fight!.

At the same time, we wanted to see Osa's fights not be "girlish", try to make her look strong in any situation. And I was striving to balance the gracefulness of my character in her comics, and her courage, her ability to kick ass very well!.