by Jessica Alba has had a traumatic experience on the set of “Four Fantastic: the Silver Surfer”, which pushed her to question her career. Find out why.
Jessica Alba lived such a difficult experience on the continuation of the superhero film The Fantastic 4 and the Silver Surf that she almost stopped her acting career. She indeed unveiled a disturbing anecdote which took place on the set of the feature film in question in which she resumed her role of Sue Storm, alias the invisible woman.
During an interview with Popeater in 2010, the actress told how director Tim Story advised him, during a particularly moving scene, to be “quieter”When she cries …
“” “[Il m’a dit] : ‘It looks too real. It looks too painful. Can you be prettier when you cry? Cry in a prettier way, Jessica. ‘ He said, ‘Don’t do that with your face. Just do it monotonously. We can add tears in synthetic images. ‘»
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Deeply marked by this experience, the actress began to doubt herself: “All that made me think: am I not good enough? Aren’t my instinct and my emotions good enough? Do people hate them to the point of not wanting to be a person? Do I not have the right to be a person in my work? So I just said: ‘P *****. I don’t care about this business now. ‘»
Perseverance and change of course
Jessica Alba Finally persevered, even if playing Sue Storm a second time was a major creative and personal failure for her. She then continued to chain roles in films like The Eye, Valentine’s Day Machete, before finally changing course, and being rarer on sets to give priority to her health and family life.
After the birth of her first child, she realized that her priorities had changed and that this event had transformed the vision she had of her health (she was hospitalized many times during her childhood and her family was subject to many cancers) and her career.
“” “I had this precise moment [où je me suis dit] : ‘I want to live, flourish and spend as much time as possible with this little being that I put in the world and stay there.’ My health is therefore important. I want this little being to be healthy. And it’s really difficult to be happy when you are not in good health”She said to Romper in 2021.
“” “This is really what motivated me”Insisted the former Sin City star.“My motivation was not to ask me: ‘Will I one day be hired again?’ Frankly, I was at the top of my career“She said, revealing that after the birth of her daughter, she”could no longer come back to what she was doing before and be authentic “:” I just couldn’t.»
Jessica Alba has since continued his career in a more discreet way. His latest film, the Riposte action thriller, was released on Netflix in 2024.
The Fantastic 4 (2005) and the Fantastic 4 and the Silver Surfer (2007) are available in streaming on Disney+.
