Jessica Alba: Why I Lied About My Sexuality
Why a "prude" Alba wanted to be more interesting to others.
May 23, 2014 — -- In a candid interview with Entertainment Weekly, Jessica Alba said her character for "Frank Miller’s Sin City: A Dame to Kill For" doesn't have too much in common with her as a "prude" mother of two.
But what she does have in common with Nancy Callahan is that she takes control of her future in "Sin City."
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"I wanted her to transition from being a victim to being someone who’s in control of her own story," she said.
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Alba, 33, went further in explaining that she thinks her long, successful career in Hollywood has been done the right way.
In fact, Alba has always been a bit confused about being labeled a sex symbol and that led to her having to lie to people.
"I didn’t have a lot of experience, so at first it was all kinds of weird,” she revealed. "I'm kind of a prude, and I didn't really understand. They would always ask me provocative questions about my sexuality, my this or that. Sometimes I would lie and say something that wasn't true to make myself seem more interesting than I was."
Even dressing the part was new to a young Alba.
"I didn’t even know how to walk in heels until I went to the Golden Globes for the first time," she said.
For more on Jessica Alba, A Dame to Kill For, and other hot new summer projects, pick up this week’s issue of Entertainment Weekly, on newsstands Friday, May 23.