Vancouver | Robson Street | Roots store | organic products

What's on your list as far as shopping goes in Vancouver?
Robson Street has the Roots store where ­everyone goes. And Lush is up there, too. Lush is the place that makes organic products that are really fun and scrumptious. Lulu­lemon is another store women love. They make workout apparel, but there's something about their workout clothing that just, well, they're just really kind to your biscuit. I highly recommend Lululemon. Robson Street also has all the shops you'd normally find like Banana Republic and Gap and Levi's. You can also go to Victoria, which is known for antiquing.

Any museums to recommend?
The Vancouver Aquarium is a fantastic and exciting aquarium I've been to a couple of times. There's a dog beach nearby that I went to, and there's a man who flies his kite there every day. But like crazy kites.

He sounds like a character from a movie. Speaking of which, where did you film scenes for Elektra?
Everywhere. On every mountaintop, on a ferry, at the Lions Gate Studios, at a beach house. We were all over. The ferry was a little more obscure. It was farther off and very picturesque, very beautiful. Vancouver is known for its gardens. Unless you're going to Whistler, I recommend going to Van­couver in the middle of the summer because the days are really long, the sky is really blue, and the gardens are to die for. Just riding around before my parents came, I would be talking to my mom and say, "I wish you could see this!" She's a gardener and I knew she would freak out.

What did you do to relax while you were there?
A great spot is the EvelineCharles salon. It's nice for a good massage, and they have some cool products for sale. They also give good haircuts.

Did you discover any great bars or nightclubs to hang out in?