Jessica Biel and Jessica Alba: discriminated for being "ho..

Well, both Jessica Biel (25) and Jessica Alba (26) have recently
complained in magazine articles on how they're not getting the really
good actress roles that, say, Scarlett Johansson
and Natalie Portman are getting, how they're pigeon-holed into the
role of the "young
hot babe who's half-naked in most of the movie for guys to gawk at."
Looks like they wish to be known for more for their acting abilites
rather than just their hot bodies.
Understandable, but if they want to be respected more for their bodies
*of work* (bad joke,
I know), they shouldn't be posing in bikinis for men's magazines, both
of them have done more
than their fair share of that. Kind of sounds like the old "don't
hate me because I'm beautiful" phrase, with a twist.

In 20 years, when Alba and Biel don't have their hot bodies anymore
and can't pose in bikinis for men's magazines, they'll have to rely
fully on their acting ability and respectability to get good roles,
which will be tough (everybody knows that the bankability of
Hollywood
actresses starts to slope downhill after age 35)
So they're both trying to get that respect sooner rather than later.
It's certainly possible, though they may have to do something drastic
to change the public's perception of them, a la Charlize Theron in
"Monster." We'll have to wait and see.

-Frank

On 2 Jun, 09:40, ftseng2....TakeThisOut@aol.com wrote:
> Well, both Jessica Biel (25) and Jessica Alba (26) have recently
> complained in magazine articles on how they're not getting the really
> good actress roles that, say, Scarlett Johansson
> and Natalie Portman are getting, how they're pigeon-holed into the
> role of the "young
> hot babe who's half-naked in most of the movie for guys to gawk at."
> Looks like they wish to be known for more for their acting abilites
> rather than just their hot bodies.
> Understandable, but if they want to be respected more for their bodies
> *of work* (bad joke,
> I know), they shouldn't be posing in bikinis for men's magazines, both
> of them have done more
> than their fair share of that. Kind of sounds like the old "don't
> hate me because I'm beautiful" phrase, with a twist.
>
> In 20 years, when Alba and Biel don't have their hot bodies anymore
> and can't pose in bikinis for men's magazines, they'll have to rely
> fully on their acting ability and respectability to get good roles,
> which will be tough (everybody knows that the bankability of
> Hollywood
> actresses starts to slope downhill after age 35)
> So they're both trying to get that respect sooner rather than later.
> It's certainly possible, though they may have to do something drastic
> to change the public's perception of them, a la Charlize Theron in
> "Monster." We'll have to wait and see.
>
> -Frank

The fact that neither of them have that much talent especially Alba
might have something to do with it. Biel got a pretty great role
recently and what did she do, accepted it and then a few weeks later,
she turned it down and now Sienna Miller has the role. Say what you
will about Miller, the girl doesn't slouch.