But Marsden says that 10-year-old Jack and 5-year-old Mary don't really like seeing their dad on screen.
His son watched "X-Men," but preferred Wolverine over Marsden's Cyclops character. When Marsden's daughter saw "Enchanted," she wanted to "fast-forward past dad's stuff and watch the dragon."
The 37-year-old actor says that children think movies are real, so it must be unsettling to see their father shooting lasers out of his eyes, as in "X-Men," or waving a sword while singing and dancing, as in "Enchanted."
Besides, Marsden doesn't mind if he's not his kids' favorite actor, as long as he's still their No. 1 guy.