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A few days ago, I noted that Eva Mendes, world-famous underwear model (and sometimes actress) forgot to wear a bra to a screening of her new film Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans. Which, by the way, is one of the worst movie titles I’ve heard in a while. It’s such a mouthful! Anyhoodle, on the “Eva forgot her bra” post, I mentioned that I find Eva to be very “meh”. What I didn’t mention was that over the weekend I caught part of that dumb Will Smith movie, Hitch. I’ve never seen the whole thing, and I’m not looking to. I literally watch it for five minutes when it’s on television, and then I’m like “Damn, I need to go read a book.” So, I’ve seen the whole Will Smith-Eva meet-cute a few times, but I’ve never before caught the film near the end, where she goes over to his building and tries to apologize. The acting was so horrible - from both Eva and Will - that I was laughing hysterically. I think it was supposed to be emotional and heartbreaking, but both of them just looked farty and bored, and like they forgot their lines.
So that got me thinking… has Eva ever been a good actress? Has she ever had a role where people and/or critics were like “Eva shines, she’s awesome”. I’m looking at her filmography… and not so much. So it’s even more amusing to read this new interview with Eva, where she’s talking about how she’s avoided being typecast, and how all of her film nudity (and there’s a lot) was done on “her terms”. Like she’s Meryl Streep or something, and she can go to a director with terms.
Actress Eva Mendes isn’t afraid to admit that she uses her sex-symbol status to help her secure film roles.
“I don’t allow myself to be typecast, but when I have to turn up the heat and turn up the sexuality and I do an amazing Calvin Klein campaign it’s very conscious, that’s no accident. It’s very methodical on my part,” Mendes explained. “If I feel it’s appropriate to show some nudity in the scenes then I go for it. As much as I use my sexuality, I have never felt exploited. I feel like it’s on my terms and I have no problem with it.”
And while Mendes is one of the most in-demand actresses in Hollywood who has likely been all around the world, interestingly enough, she only made her first visit to the hurricane-torn New Orleans while filming her latest crime drama “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans” in August last year.
“It was exciting because we brought business there, but it was pretty devastating. I was in shock at some parts, I hadn’t been there ever so I was still in shock that this happened in our country,” Mendes told us while promoting the flick. “I felt we were somewhere else in certain areas. Our government failed this; you can see they failed this. It was pretty intense.”
[From Fox News]
Lady, you get hired to play “the sexy girl” in film after film after nauseating film. You are typecast. Probably because you can’t act for sh-t, but you’re pretty, you’ve got a nice body, and you think doing nudity is somehow part of your “method”. I get it… your “method” is to drop your clothes. Try investing in an acting class. I know, I know, I’m being harsh. But this girl makes me want to bang my head against a wall.
Here’s Eva at the after-party for the 9th Annual “24 Hour Plays” on Broadway, in New York on November 9, 2009. Credit: Joseph Marzullo/WENN.com
Written by Kaiser
Posted in Eva Mendes, Sexy, Stupid
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23 Responses to “Eva Mendes: “I don’t allow myself to be typecast””
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I don’t like or dislike her, but she’s “in demand?”
Really?
She seems like the one they hire after the one after the other one turned down the role.
Not to “act” in the role, as much as “occupy” it, while we concentrate on the real actors.
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Is she kidding? She plays the same role in most things she has been in- She was the same in Training Day as she was in We own the Night.
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Eva Mendes must work for free, that’s what I figure. She recites lines while looking pretty for free and then gets paid for endorsement deals. I suppose there will always be filler-material in “Meh” movies for her to play, but do we have to keep interviewing her?! Clearly nothing exciting here.. move along.
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WOW who knew looking trampy in CK ads were “method”
Learn something new every day
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I don’t recall having ever seen one of her movies. *checks IMDB* Nope, never seen one. In conclusion, I like her hat.
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Please tell me that her new crapfest isn’t at all related to the 1992 film “Bad Lieutenant” with Harvey Keitel. That movie was incredible, and I’ll be mortified if Eva and company are planning to piss all over it.
Edit: Just checked IMDB and it does appear to be related. But Werner Herzog is directing, so maybe there’s hope.
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I always kind of thought she was typecast as the girl who’d show her boobs in a film. Isn’t she that girl? Kind of like the slutty girl in highschool that all the boys knew would give them a mouth hug by the dumpster out back.
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She looks so much like Cindy Crawford in that picture, not so much her looks but mannerisms if that makes sense. Anyhow she’s pretty useless in the acting world.
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Lol at “mouth hug”. And at the interviewer saying she’s “likely” been all over the world. Way to fact check there.
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I don’t mind her myself. Honestly, I don’t think there are many actresses (or actors for that matter) who can avoid typecasting. As for her acting ability: I had the misfortune of seing her in “Ghostrider” and I have to give her props for keeping a straight face in a role where her character was not only supposed to be attracted to Nicolas Cage, but also supposed to be the same age as him.
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pickelhaube - holy hell, get a grip. even if she’s not your personal taste and/or not talented, there is just no way this woman is repulsive.
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The interviewer should have mentioned her cameo in the “Welcome to Miami” video by Will Smith. Not typecast at all!!!
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I’ve never found her to be terribly pretty, nor do I care for her as an actress.
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Codzilla, a friend of mine saw it at Toronto Film Fest and described it as a black comedy where everyone was in on the “joke” except Cage. He was too busy hamming it up to infinity whenever the camera was near him. And yes, it is a “Bad Lt.” story but nobody can do cop-gone-horribly-wrong like Keitel. Big shoes to fill, no? Strange choice for Herzog, but then again all his choices seem that way. He’s all over the place! Oh, and Mendes lacks skills big time. Snore.
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andrea-
To me she is, and I won’t pretend that she isn’t. If you don’t like it, TS.
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Trillion: Big shoes, indeed. That was prime Harvey. I think I’ll have to wait for the reviews on this installment. Did you like “Rescue Dawn?” I can’t believe I haven’t seen it yet.
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Go out straight away and get Rescue Dawn because it is amazing. Bale is, of course, perfection in his role.
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OK, I just put at the top of my Netflix list. Can’t wait!
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Vain is the word. Honey you can’t ACT!
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Okay that hat looks ridiculous. Finally a bad picture of Eva. She usually always looks hot. In the hat she looks like a Latin Thunderbird.
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Eva keeps topping hottest lists everywhere. I think she does work hard to improve her acting and has built a descent career very quickly. She is hot, pretty, and in fact, if you watch online interviews, she is incredibly kind to everyone, and very humble. During the height of careers such as– Sophia Loren, Monroe, or Bridgett Bardot, they got this same kind of crap, only there was no online world for anonymous “bitch fests” to be valued.
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She is simply repulsive. How can this ugly, UGLY creature be touted as this gorgeous beauty when she is quite plainly one of the ugliest actresses in Hollywood today? The only uglier actresses are Jennifer Garner, Hilary Swank and Julia Roberts…but they can act! This creature can’t even do that very well! Has the world gone mad?
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