Pregnant pause for busy Jessica Alba

March 13th, 2008 admin Posted in News |

She has the horror movie The Eye about to hit Australian screens and, for a complete change of pace, will be seen opposite Mike Myers and Justin Timberlake in The Love Guru, scheduled for release this year.

“Regardless of being pregnant, I’ve been working for two years straight and I’d chosen to take this time off anyway,” Alba says.

“I just want to get my head straight and stop working and breathe and be a person for a little while.”

Alba is expecting her first child with her “fiance on the way to husband” Cash Warren, 29, the son of actor Michael Warren, who played Officer Bobby Hill on the TV series Hill Street Blues.

The couple have bought a bigger house in Los Angeles and are renovating.

“I’m trying to do as many eco-friendly and green renovations as possible, from the furniture we’re buying and the refurbishments we’re doing to getting systems that conserve water,” Alba says.

“I’ve been investigating solar panels and things like that and I drive a hybrid, so I’m doing the best I can.”

After tackling graphic novels (Sin City), the superhero genre (Fantastic Four) and comedy (Good Luck Chuck), Alba says she was on the lookout for a horror film in which to star.

“One of my first memories is when I was about five, watching A Nightmare on Elm Street,” she says. “I sneaked behind my parents’ couch and I watched the entire thing and I didn’t sleep in my bed peacefully, I don’t think, until I was 14 or 15.

“I think the visceral response you get when you’re watching horror movies is just so immediate. It really forces you to dive into that world and physically be there.

“But there are lots of ways you can go about making films in this genre.

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