E! Online interview

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It was published a month ago but I don't think it has been posted here.
http://www.eonline.com/Reviews/Movie...mn/050928.html

Alba Score: When James Cameron's Dark Angel was canceled in 2002, some feared we'd seen the last of its feisty young star Jessica Alba. Not to worry. Albaniacs got all they could want this year in Sin City, Fantastic Four and now Into the Blue, in which she plays a prime specimen of underwater life who swims into the path of hungry sharks and drug runners. At 24, she's just about the hottest actress in Hollywood...or the Bahamas, or Sin City, or anywhere. We caught her in Megaplex's net for a quick chat on pirate booty, swimsuits and, like, nerds.

We may be biased, but it seemed that the camera liked you a lot more than it liked Paul Walker.
I knew that the cameras were going there, just from experience. In all fairness, they shot the guys the same way they shot the girls. It's just that women are a bit more quiet about appreciating the underwater shots. Men are a bit more vocal, but there were some nice shots for us girls as well.

On your own time: bikini or one-piece?
Bikinis. I think they're more flattering.

If you found some really cool treasure in the ocean, would you even know what to do with it?
I think I'd save it and wouldn't tell anybody about it, because I'd feel like you have to give it to a museum or something. I'd save it and maybe pass it down to my kids and their kids. It'd be a really neat thing to keep.

After two comic-book movies, do you feel any nerdier?
I think I felt nerdier before I was accepted by very intelligent, dedicated comic-book fans. I was so much more of a nerd when I was in school and eating lunches by myself. I wasn't cool and never fit in with any group. I really love how full-on the dedicated fans are and how they don't care what people think and just follow what they like.

They'll be glad to hear that. Planning anything else for the fanboy legions?
I'm developing a videogame that's still in prototype mode. It's nonviolent--you can basically create your own character--and I want to make it racially diverse. And it's based off of a new thing that kids are doing, kind of an X-Games sport.

So, you like your pop culture...responsible. Kinda like the way you played Fantastic Four's Sue Storm.
I feel like there are enough comic-book characters out there who are kicking ass, have a sharp tongue and are sassy. And there are enough belly shirts and push-up bras out there. It was a relief for me, as somebody who wants to portray a good role model, to have somebody who has a brain.

You were on Flipper for a couple of seasons, and now this. Which are better costars: sharks or dolphins?
Dolphins. They're amazing. I love dolphins. I hate sharks. They're not warm and cuddly. You don't befriend them. No, I don't like sharks at all.

Dogs are warm and cuddly. You named yours Sid and Nancy, after the dead Sex Pistols junkie and the girlfriend he killed. Explain.
I got obsessed with the movie The Filth and the Fury toward the end of Dark Angel. I watched it nonstop for six months. I was in a very negative head space.

Do you get treated differently depending on your hair color?
I do notice with brown hair, when it's styled a certain way, I do get a lot more attention from much older men. Like, grandfather older men. I don't really know what it is, but it's funny.

Your next movie, Awake, sounds like a change of pace. It's about a guy (Hayden Christensen) who's anesthetic doesn't totally take during an operation.
It's a serious little indie movie with a good script. It'll be nice to go to work and not have to do anything physical, just act for once. I'm really looking forward to it!