As the countdown to February 18th continues to tick away, the press for I Am Number Four is beginning to heat up. Alex Pettyfer who plays Number Four in the film, recently talked with Movieweb about his character and the struggles he faces to just be normal, here's a short excerpt from the interview.To begin with, from the trailer the film seems to have some resemblances to the classic Superman story because its about a boy from another planet with incredible powers learning to fit in on Earth. Can you talk about your character's powers and how he is different from Superman and other alines that we've seen depicted in movies in the past?
Alex: ...But the difference between what you're saying is that we have a character that has a choice and Superman is someone who knows his destiny, wants it, and fights it. He kind of endures the fact that he has all these powers and blah, blah, blah, all that bullshit. But we have a guy that has a situation where he has a choice where he doesn't really want any of his powers. He wants the normality. It's kind of like that Jason Bourne feeling of not knowing who you are. He wants the normal life where he is in the same place as the same people around him. He wants everything to be normal. That's not who he is and that's not what his destiny is. That's why our movie is so sophisticated and so fascinating to watch. Because you're watching a guy basically enjoy his destiny, but he doesn't want it. He's going along on this journey not wanting it. But he realizes halfway through, when everything is happening that he has to do this to get anything that he's ever wanted on his other path...
You can read the rest of this interview here.
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