Actress Jessica Alba revealed in an interview that she almost quit acting after an unpleasant comment from the director of “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer” on set.
During the filming of “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer” (2007), Jessica Alba, 43, overheard an unpleasant comment from the film’s director, Tim Story, which made her almost give up acting.
Alba’s character, Sue Storm, is seen crying in one scene of the film. According to the actress, the director said her tears were too “real” and “painful.”
“He said, ‘Don’t do that thing with your face. Just keep it flat. We can add the tears with CGI,’” she recalled. The actress said she felt like she wasn’t “good enough.”
“Do people hate it so much that they don’t want me to be human? Can’t I be a human being in my work? So I said, ‘Screw it. I don’t care about this industry anymore,’” Alba confessed.
Despite the incident, Jessica Alba continued acting and landed notable roles in films like “Good Luck Chuck,” “Spy Kids 4,” and “Machete.” She took a career break in 2021 after the birth of her first daughter, according to People magazine.
Her latest project was the 2024 release of “Trigger Warning.”
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