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Topics: Celebrity, TV And Film
Jen Thomas
Topics: Celebrity, TV And Film
We've all probably woken up in a cold sweat once or twice at the thought of being naked in public, and Jessica Alba has opened up about the reality of filming nude scenes.
She called the experience 'very humiliating', recalling one experience where she was required to undress on set.
It took place int the 2005 Marvel adaptation of Fantastic Four, where Jessica played the role of Sue Storm, also known as The Invisible Woman.
The Hollywood star talked in detail about the embarrassing moment, while speaking at the Red Sea Film Festival on Friday.
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She was asked what she remembers about filming the superhero movie, and Jessica Alba said she could clearly recall her 'least favourite scene' to this day, more than 20 years later.
In the scene, her character Sue was requested to appear completely naked on a bridge.
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Jessica explained: “I thought that was awful, it was very humiliating in real life.
"I grew up with a pretty conservative family, and I am a pretty modest person. I dreaded that scene for weeks. I have a lot of whiplash from those days," she confessed.
Despite hating that particular scene, Jessica still has a lot of pride for playing that character.
“She was a woman I looked up to,” she said.
“She was very maternal and very kind, but also not a pushover; she spoke her mind. She had a great moral compass," she insisted.
"No matter who you are, you can look up to her. Oftentimes, the women in these stories need to be saved by a guy or the villain, the problem in the story. This was back then. It’s different now.”
She has refused to do nude scenes since, telling Glamour Magazine: "I don’t want my grandparents to see my boobs. That’s it. It would be weird at Christmas," she joked.
"And, I mean, really, if you look at the movies I have done, getting naked would never 'elevate' the picture."
She added that she owes her mom for a lot of her independence: "Where I was from, you had to answer to a man if he was the breadwinner. My mom told me that didn’t need to be the case for me - I didn’t need to rely on a man," she said. "She taught me how to hustle. I was determined to be financially independent. So I started making my own money when I was 12 [with acting]. That was freedom."
Jessica added that there's a long way to go for Latino representation in films, particularly in the US, where she said there is often 'bias' in the way they are portrayed.
"There are a lot of stigmas and stereotypes," she said."They love to tell stories about cartels, drugs, and domestic workers. We are a lot more than that.
"If that’s the only way they see us, it’s very difficult for them to change their minds. It takes people like me in a position as a producer to support filmmakers who look like me to be able to tell really authentic human stories.”