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 Jessica Alba
Spotlight By: Michael Dance
*Click here for our interview with Jessica Alba for the FIRST Fantastic Four! Jessica Alba, of course, is the smoking hot young star of such films as Sin City, and is now starring in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, co-starring Ioan Gruffudd, Chris Evans, and Michael Chiklis. That much you know. She got her big break by nabbing the lead role in James Cameron's television series Dark Angel. You might also know that. But did you know her first movie role was in the Christopher Lloyd classic Camp Nowhere? (Thanks, IMDb!) With all seriousness, though, there are layers to Alba suggesting she's not just another pretty face. For one thing, she identifies heavily with the character she plays in both Fantastic Four movies, Sue Storm, aka the Invisible Woman. "I think I like being Sue. I thought Johnny’s ability of flying might be the coolest one, but I like Sue’s powers," she says. "I like how she’s all about protecting people, and encapsulating them in these protective bubbles, you know, the force fields. I dig that." She admires Sue's progression from the first movie to the second. "Sue Storm in the first film was quite misunderstood. And because it was an origin film, a lot of it was her trying to speak up, and be heard amongst all these men. And she would go invisible when she got frustrated, and she didn’t really have control over her emotions. And in the second film, she’s been in her relationship for two years, she’s grown up a bit, she’s more comfortable with her powers, and just more at ease with herself. And more evolved as a person. Her struggles are about being a working woman, a superhero, a scientist, or being a family woman, and getting married, and she’s trying to find a balance." Here's another thing you wouldn't expect: she's fond of comic book fans. Calm down geeks; don't start trying to find her number just yet. But she does admire their passion for their superheroes. "I have to say, I am very, very grateful to the comic book fans. Because they are loyal, and they stand by us. They are your harshest critics, but they are your biggest supporters, and they’ve been nothing but completely supportive of us." (Apparently she chooses to ignore some of the nastier geek websites.) "So it’s nice, it’s really, really great…hopefully through their loyalty we get to do this again." In this flick, of course, the focus is on a new arrival: the Silver Surfer himself. Over the course of the film, Sue forges the strongest bond with him. "The Silver Surfer is really interesting," she says, "because he’s so misunderstood, ... |
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