Jessica Alba hits out at ‘awful’ nude scene that left her ‘humiliated’
Fantastic Four actress Jessica Alba told how she 'dreaded' filming her nude scene in the 2005 film.
The 44-year-old screen star described shooting the moment her character Sue Storm appeared on a bridge in her birthday suit as her 'least favourite' memory from making the Marvel movie.
She discussed the 'humiliating' scene on Friday (5 December) during an appearance at the Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Alba was reflecting on her illustrious career in the entertainment industry when she opened up about having to peel off her superhero suit.
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"I hated that scene when they brought her back on the bridge and she had to be naked on the bridge," she said, as per Variety. "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.
"But getting ricocheted back into the wall, getting blasted, that was always fun, that was fun back then," Alba added. "But now, thank you, I don't want to get whiplash."
The Honey star said she 'loved' playing Storm, though, explaining that the Invisible Woman is a female figure who she 'looked up to'.
"She was very maternal and very kind, but also not a pushover; she spoke her mind," Alba went on. "She had a great moral compass.
"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."
Alba previously revealed that she considered quitting acting because of a comment director Tim Story made while filming 2007's Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.
On Friday, the mother-of-three then explained that she hopes that the launch of her production company, Lady Metalmark Entertainment, will help to diversify the film industry.
Although she doesn't 'blame Hollywood', she explained that she didn't see a lot of representation on screen when she was growing up.
Alba said: "When you have a lot of white guys in charge, they feel most comfortable telling stories through their lens.
"They don’t know you. They didn’t grow up with a woman who grew up like me. Frankly, many of them didn’t have women [in their lives] who were strong, not just running the household, but making an income.
"We still don’t have a lot of female leadership, but as a woman of colour, I don’t see the boundaries that they may see."
She reckons that the world of showbiz needs something of a shake-up, so that every viewer can enjoy 'entertainment that speaks to us'.
"Just because a woman is a lead and a powerful person who can think for herself, it doesn’t mean it’s not for men," Alba added.
"Maybe we should have a little less of women who need to be saved all the time."
LADbible has contacted Disney for comment.
Topics: Film, Celebrity, Celebrity News, Marvel
Olivia Burke