Jessica Alba doesn’t consider herself to be a former child star, since most of her successes as an actress came when she was no longer a kid actor. Most people first came to know Jessica through the hit television show Dark Angel, but I first remember watching her on the television reboot of the series Flipper when she was just 14 years old.
Jessica Alba, now 30 and currently expecting her second child, is a far cry from the young girl who once starred on that television series. The actress can be seen soon in the upcoming Spy Kids: All the Time in the World In 4D. I was lucky enough to be able to participate in a conference call with her.
Since Spy Kids is a movie targeted at families, part of the publicity tour was for Jessica to do some press with female bloggers. I was contacted about the conference call and told it would be 20-minutes in length and that everyone would be put in a specific order to ask their question to Jessica.
There were 16 bloggers on the call (I was the only one representing Canada) and I was slotted in at number 11 to ask my question. With 20 minutes and 16 bloggers – I was a little worried I wouldn`t get a chance to ask my question. But even if I didn’t get a chance to ask, I could listen to what she had to say and get a feel for her and the movie. I was happy just to be asked to be on the call!
The call started with a little confusion as the moderator of the call had no idea when Jessica joined and said ‘Hi, it's Jessica’ that it was Jessica Alba and proceeded to ask her what outlet she was with. This was followed by a slightly uneasy ‘I think I’m the person being interviewed’. So while the poor girl moderating must have had a small heart attack I think the rest of us were put at ease a little. It’s hard doing a conference call like this because you don’t have a lot of time to build a rapport with the person you’re interviewing. You kind of hope that the one question you ask will be good and that you’ll get a good answer.
Jessica was really nice. She was forthcoming with her answers and really seemed to light up when asked about her daughter and her own experiences being a mother. When one of the bloggers complimented her sense of style she seemed genuinely flattered. I was trying to keep track of the questions asked so I wouldn’t ask her a duplicate and at the same time praying that my kids would be quiet long enough for me to finish the call without someone crying, screaming or hitting each other. Ah the glamorous life of a blogger!
The clock was ticking down and I was getting a little nervous that I wouldn't get to ask a question, especially because Jessica seemed to enjoy chatting with the ladies on the call. She wasn't giving just one word answers; she was really having a conversation with everyone on the call and enjoying talking about her career and her life as a wife and working mother. Just when I thought we’re about to run out of time they announce it was my turn! I asked Jessica if she would want her kids to become actors when they grow up, because she successfully transitioned from child actor to bona fide movie star. She kind of nervously laughed – that ‘Oh God my kids really might want to be actors one day’ laugh and said;
‘After they’re done with college they can do whatever they want and I’ll support them. I just think they need to; they have the luxury of spending time to have an education and to grow up differently than I did. If they want to get into the arts, it’s only going to make them more dynamic as artists the more life experience they have to bring to their work, so if that is what they want to do at the end of the day, I’m all for it as long as they finish college.’
I was happy that I got to ask Jessica Alba a question and have a little chat with her, and even happier because I was the last blogger to get to ask a question before our time ran out. We didn’t chat too much about the movie – it was more just a nice conversation about life and family.
I am looking forward to seeing Spy Kids: All the Time in the World especially because I like introducing my kids to movies that are live action and that spur their imagination. There’s nothing better than a movie about spy kids to do that! And I get to say that I had a conversation with Jessica Alba, and that’s pretty cool too!
Spy Kids: All The Time in the World in 4D hits theatres on August 19th. Check out the trailer below!
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