The X-Girls

Your character, Storm, can control the weather. What would you do with that power?

Halle Berry: Oh, I'd be dangerous. Any woman with that power would be dangerous. If I was in a good mood I'd probably make beautiful weather with sunshine and puffy clouds. But if I was in a bad mood, I'd use it to blow people away. Literally blow them away.

Your character, Mystique, is a shape-changer. If you possessed her superpower in real life, who would you morph into?

Rebecca Romijn-Stamos: How about Pamela Anderson so I could have sex with Tommy Lee? [Laughs] No, I'm kidding. Actually I'd morph into either Ben or Jerry so I could walk into any Ben & Jerry's store and get free ice cream any time I wanted.

When you lived in Amsterdam, did you spend much time in the red-light district?

Famke Janssen: Not really. It's probably more interesting for a guy than a girl. It's basically just a bunch of fat women sitting in windows. I sort of took it for granted when I was there. Now, after living in Los Angeles for a while, it seems like more of a bizarre concept.

In the movie are you involved with a couple of male X-Men, Cyclops and Wolverine?

Famke Janssen: Yes, there's sort of a love triangle going on. Jean Grey isn't overtly sexual, but there's a sensuality there, which of course could have something to do with people climbing into black leather costumes and having 'secret' lives.

Comic-book characters are known for their revealing costumes. But yours is little more than a coat of blue paint.

Rebecca Romijn-Stamos: It looks like I'm completely naked, but actually about 60% of my body is covered in blue scaly prostheses. They did plaster casts of my entire body so they would conform to my shape. Let's just say some parts were thicker than others

You danced in a strip club to research your role in The Last Boy Scout. Did you have a good audience?

Halle Berry: I had a great audience. I knew I was going to have to shoot this scene in the movie and that there'd be 40 or 50 people around, so I figured I'd better go somewhere and work out my fears. It was a Friday night and there were lots of people there. It was such a fantasy to be able to do that under the guise of work. I didn't get paid, but I think I made about 0 in tips, which isn't bad.