Eva Mendes had no qualms about stripping off for her role in new movie The Spirit - because it meant she was able to play a tough girl.
The actress, 34 - who plays Sand Saref in director Frank Miller’s new film noir - insists walking around in the buff wasn’t an issue because she was playing her dream character. Read more…
Hollywood actress Eva Mendes has confessed she is envious of British actress Kate Winslet for the roles she gets.
Mendes says she greatly admires the acting skills of 33-year-old Winslet and wants to do the kind of roles the latter has done or is being offered, reports dailymail.co.uk.
“I would steal Kate Winslet’s roles. All her roles. Not only is she the most amazing actress in the entire world, she’s done nude scenes in a lot of her films which shows she’s just fearless,” said 34-year-old Mendes. Read more…
In The Spirit, she’s a sultry, seductive swindler named Sand Saref.
In person, Eva Mendes, 34, is every bit as hot as her character, but also significantly more goofy and real. With a giggle, she averts a near wardrobe malfunction, when her strapless coral dress threatens to reveal too much.
No wonder that Gabriel Macht, who plays the titular crime-fighter in the film adapted from the Will Eisner’s graphic novels, calls Mendes “a real free spirit. She’s completely out there. She’s a lot of fun. She doesn’t have much of an edit.” Read more…
She’s played seductresses in The Women and The Spirit. So it’s no surprise that Eva Mendes plays sexy again in Last Night, the Miramax relationship drama slated to open in late 2009.
“Someone said to me, ‘Are you playing the other woman again?’ ” she says. “Correction: We’re all playing the other person. It’s about the lines becoming really blurred.” Read more…
Just wanted to pop in and say happy holidays to all the loyal EMF visitors! Hope everyone is happy and healthy and with loved ones! I’ll be making random image updates throughout the day (while I’m waiting for my food!) and of course, there’s a GORGEOUS new layout!
Eva Mendes figured she was going to get fired from “The Spirit” before filming even began - once she noticed the prolonged underwater action scene in the script.
The 34-year-old Mendes was forced to divulge a secret she’d harbored for years: She can’t swim.
She need not have worried. The movie (opening Christmas Day), after all, is a stylized comic book film where a CGI green screen was a stand-in for a brackish lake. Read more…
We’re getting closer and closer to the wide release of “The Spirit,” and we here at Splash Page couldn’t be more excited to see Will Eisner’s classic comic hero come alive with a healthy dose of Frank Miller grit. So, when MTV sat down with stars Eva Mendes and Gabriel Macht, we could barely contain ourselves from talkin’ comics with the stars — from “The Spirit” to “Watchmen,” and even “Ghost Rider” manages to come up in conversation.
Check out what the two had to say in the following video: Read more…
The sexy cast of “The Spirit” is coming out of the shadows of Central City for the Hollywood premiere — and “Extra” is taking you right to the red carpet!
Frank Miller’s newest venture co-stars Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson and Eva Mendes in the story about a hero born, murdered and born again. Read more…