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Jessica Alba can easily be one of the most beautiful actresses in the Hollywood industry with several highly acclaimed movies and shows to her name. The actress started working at the age of 13 and started her acting career withCamp Nowhere(1994). But her breakthrough role came with the James Cameron-created seriesDark Angelin 2000.
She was just 19 years old at the time and played the role of Max Guevara alongside actor Michael Weatherly. While this was definitely a great opportunity for her, the intense schedule of filming the show caused a lot of trouble for Jessica Alba.
Jessica Alba Had a Grueling Schedule When She Participated in theDark AngelSeries
After working on some not-so-famous projects,Jessica Albagot her big break in James Cameron’s sci-fi showDark Angelin 2000. In this, she played a genetically engineered cyborg named Max Guevara. This role put her on the map and gave her the wide recognition she needed at the time. While it brought her a lot of fame, filming the show wasn’t without its challenges.
At the young age of 19, Alba was thrown into the demanding world of showbiz, andDark Angelchallenged her physical as well as emotional limits. From long working hours to filming under really tough weather conditions, the show almost pushed Alba over the edge.
She detailed the same and recalled how she even managed to live up to the grueling schedule the Cameron-created project had for her. Alba added viaBlack Film:
Dark Angel was intense for me. It was impossible for me. I worked on the weekends, 10 ½ months a year, in the cold, in Vancouver; with night shoots 4 to 5 days a week. I would leave at dark after working and come back at dark and then it was raining.
Jessica Alba also touched upon the same subject in an unpublished interview viaCloser Weeklyand minutely described what her schedule used to look like during the filming ofDark Angel. She added that her day used to start as early as 6:30 am in the morning and get over at 11:00 pm at night. Alba added:
We’re really shooting a mini-movie in eight days, and in that I’m doing two or three pages of dialogue with three or four different characters and, like, five hours of action sequences.
Even though the circumstances were tough,the actressmanaged to do complete justice to her role in the movie. Apart from her schedule, this project was also the first place where she crossed paths with Michael Weatherly.
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What started as an on-screen romance quickly transitioned off-screen as well. However, their relationship wasn’t without its troubles, especially due to their huge age gap.
Jessica Alba and Michael Weatherly’s Controversial Relationship
Michael Weatherlyand Jessica Alba had a veryhigh-profile relationshipin the 2000s. The duo crossed paths for the first time during the filming ofDark Angel,and sparks flew almost instantly. The media was obviously interested in this news as the duo shared a 12-year age gap, as Alba was 19 and Weatherly was 31 at the time.
Despite these criticisms, the actress was quite into the relationship and had revealed in aninterviewthat the actor was her first serious boyfriend. In the midst of this, the actor also proposed to Alba in 2001 but called off their engagement in 2003. After keeping silence for two years, the actress detailed why the duo broke up viaCosmopolitan:
I was so young, 18, when I started dating him. I was a virgin. I knew I wanted to be in love with the first person I slept with, because for almost everyone I knew, the first experience made them feel like s**t. So I wanted to be really careful that he was going to be in love with me and wasn’t just going to leave me.
The actress added that their busy careers also played a huge role in their relationship not working out. She also added“I’ve decided I’ll never date an actor again. ”
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After separating both the actors went their separate ways with Alba marrying Cash Warren in 2008, and Weatherly marrying doctor Bojana Jankovic in 2009.
Sakshi Singh
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Sakshi Singh has written over 1,300 entertainment articles, mostly about Netflix shows and reality TV. She’s spent the last two years covering everything from surprise engagements to shocking eliminations and previously wrote for Essentially Sports in their Netflix Junkie division. A self-proclaimed reality TV addict, Sakshi has watched all 48 seasons of Survivor and never misses a new dating or competition series. She loves watching how strangers meet, fall in love, team up, or betray each other - it’s the mix of strategy and drama that keeps her hooked. When she’s not glued to a reality show, she’s usually watching a crime thriller or tracking the next big streaming hit.
