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她，17岁时为了逃脱别人为她设定的“单纯”、“可爱”的框框，毅然决然地选择离开当时红透半边天的《七重天》剧组，并不惜为杂志拍摄半裸封面。
她，荣登“全球最性感的女人”、“全球最热辣的女星”之列。
她，获得了“性感女神”称号之后，又不断在公众面前展示其“严肃”、“大气”、“正经”的形象。
她，美国流行乐坛小天王贾斯汀·汀布莱克最新一任女友。
此般尤物正是杰西卡·贝尔！当好莱坞的大门不断向她敞开，当“性感女神”的头衔一次又一次降临在她身上的时候，我们知道一个属于杰西卡·贝尔的时代正在到来。
—Eva
In a world full of Jessicas, who knew that Jessica Biel would be the one to rule them all?
Biel is the Jessica who has turned out to be the real deal—instead of a walking publicity 1)stunt with an accidental livelihood in the movies ([1]Jessica Simpson). Meanwhile, 2)smokin’ [2]Jessica Alba still hasn’t proved her range is beyond serving as a 3)lad-mag magnet in form-hugging outfits in Fantastic Four and Sin City.
A couple of interesting things happened to Jessica Biel since we chatted with the young star about her new movie, back in last November. No. 1: The release of Next was postponed for more than five months—not a great sign. No. 2: Her celebrity 4)skyrocketed.
Some 5)highbrow, sport-coat-6)clad culture critic could probably 7)have a field day extrapolating meaning from the correlation—or lack 8)thereof—between the two developments. But you and Biel’s publicity 9)squad know the 10)score. One Timberlake 11)interlude, several tabloid covers, and a 12)jaw-dropping Golden Globes dress can do more in the game of “It Girl” advancement, than any serious-minded military drama ever could.
However, Jessica Biel, is an unex-pected treat who appeals to the eye while engaging that trickiest of 13)erogenous zones: the brain. She returns in Next, in which Biel, 25, plays the love interest of Nicolas Cage, a man who can see a few minutes into the future and who must use his odd ability to protect her while trying to 14)quash a terrorist plot.
She may be the film’s
15)damsel in distress, but Biel usually plays stronger women, and that may be why she has emerged as a star whose smarts trump looks that kill, literally and 16)figuratively. What else would you expect from someone who was admitted to the oh-so-selective 17)Tufts University?
So, it seems there are two Biels. Or at least, two different, if not 18)categorically opposed, forces at work on her career. One that could lead to the long-term 19)versatility she professes to want as an actress. And one that will put her on the cover of a few more men’s magazines.
At any rate, it’s the first force that appears to have the 20)upper hand with character selection lately. In Home of the Brave, for instance, Biel plays a 21)disfigured single mom and sweat-pant-wearing gym teacher struggling to 22)reclaim her life after a 23)traumatic tour of duty in Iraq. Biel 24)sports a plastic limb but doesn’t show much actual skin to 25)reel in the 26)Radar-reading set.
Which is fine because “there was a bit of an idea of what I was and how people saw me, and I definitely had to break that mold,” said Biel, 25.
There were a few molds, actually. The sweet, little Mary Camden, 27)willful yet loving eldest daughter of that 28)goodly WB clan on 7th Heaven. A quick topless photo shoot with the 29)fine folks at 30)Gear magazine, when the schoolgirl is 17.
So, then she was bad. 31)Erratic and rebellious. Remember The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)? How about Blade: Trinity the next year? 32)Stunning, but tough. And stuck in another mold that could keep her face on 33)newsstands but out of the minds of directors looking to cast the female leads of big studio comedies and 34)indie dramas.
“It’s hard that you know what you can do, but nobody else does.” she said.
The folks around 35)Neil Burger didn’t. When the director was searching for an actress to play a 36)turn-of-the-century countess for his period drama The Illusionist, he agreed to see Biel, despite the advice of some colleagues who deemed her too contemporary, too pop.
“But she’s smart,” Burger said. “And she said, ‘This is not what I want to be doing for the rest of my life. I want more meaningful work.’” In the end, she got the part.
“The idea, I think, is to really go from one to another to another, bouncing to the extreme—doing something strong and full of action, then small and 37)quirky,”she said. “That’s the goal.”
Home of the Brave, which also stars Samuel L. Jackson, Chad Michael Murray and 50 Cent (a.k.a. Curtis Jackson) falls somewhere between those two descriptions, as it tracks the struggles of a group of soldiers just back from the war.
“I wanted to explore the survival,” she said. “I was curious about her… this woman who goes through this traumatic experience, and has to go back to a normal life and deal with this new body, deal with this new 38)mind-set—this lack of confidence, lack of 39)assuredness.”
Her curiosity, and director 40)Irwin Winkler’s
guidance, led her to spend time with a group of women that actually experienced such traumas, leaving families behind for battle, losing limbs in the process and finding that life can never be quite the same at home.
Biel’s next release is a romantic comedy, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, co-starring Kevin James and Adam Sandler. So, the plan to bounce around between genres seems to be 41)in full swing.
As does that other plan, to keep Biel’s face and body on view in the checkout lines of every grocery store in America.
Come to think of it, maybe there’s just one Biel after all. And Biel has shown that she’s really the Jessica to beat. 42)Seeing is Biel-ieving.
在到处都是杰西卡的世界里，当初谁又会知道杰西卡·贝尔会脱颖而出呢？
杰西卡·贝尔原来才是真家伙——而不是靠偶尔玩票电影成为一个专门玩些哗众取宠花招的名人（这是指杰西卡·辛普森）。同时，当红的杰西卡·奥尔芭除了因在《神奇四侠》和《罪恶之城》中穿着紧身服装的形象而成为男性杂志的抢手货外，还没有真正证明自己的能力。
自从去年11月我们与这位年轻的影星就她的新影片交谈以来，她的身上发生了两件有趣的事：第一，《预见未来》（又译《先知先觉》）的上映日期被推迟了5个多月——这可不是一个好征兆。第二，她的知名度飙升。
一些爱卖弄学问、身穿休闲外套的文化评论家大肆从这两件事的关系—或者说无关系——推断这究竟是怎么一回事。不过，大众和杰西卡·贝尔的宣传团队知道其中的因果。在向着头号女星进军的路上，和贾斯汀·汀布莱克的恋情插曲、几次登上小报的封面和金球奖颁奖礼上让人目瞪口呆的礼服，这一切都比任何严肃的军事电影更吸引人的眼球。
然而，杰西卡·贝尔并不只是秀色可餐，她的魅力触及了人类性感应区最难以捉摸的部位——头脑。25岁的贝尔通过《预见未来》重返银幕，在影片中她扮演的角色是尼古拉斯·凯奇追求的对象。尼古拉斯·凯奇扮演的角色能够预见未来，在试图粉碎恐怖分子的一个阴谋的同时，他必须用自己的特异功能保护贝尔。
在这部影片中，杰西卡·贝尔本可能是苦难中的弱女子，但更多时候，她以强势女性的形象示人。这也许能够说明虽然她的形象火辣性感，可以毫不夸张地说能迷死人，可她总是以智慧胜于美貌的明星形象示人。不过，一个被挑剔的塔夫斯大学录取的人身上出现这种现象不也是理所当然的吗？
那么，现在看来似乎有两个贝尔。或者说，至少有两股力量在她的演员职业生涯中起作用。这两股力量若非完全相悖，至少也是彼此不同的。一股力量可以让她如自己声称的那样，作为一名演员，要成为一个多面手、一棵常青树，而另一股力量则可以让她多上几次男性杂志的封面。
不管怎么说，从角色的选择来看，最近似乎是第一股力量占了上风。比如说在《勇士之家》里，贝尔饰演一个身体受损的单身母亲，同时又是一位身穿运动裤的体育教师，在伊拉克服役时身体和精神受了创伤，回家后正努力想恢复原来的生活。在影片中，贝尔露出一只塑料义肢，但并没有大面积裸露身体来吸引对明星特别追捧的观众。
这也没什么，因为“角色里有一点我的影子，有一点影射到我在人们心中的形象。而我一定要打破别人给我设定的框框。”25岁的贝尔如此说道。
事实上，关于她有好几种框框。首先是在WB电视台播出的《七重天》中可爱的小玛丽·康姆顿，她是剧中庞大家族里任性，但又很可爱的大女儿。当她还是一名只有17岁的学生时，《齿轮》杂志上刊登过她上身半裸时同其他知名男士合拍的照片。
那时她是坏女孩，古怪而叛逆。还记得2003年上演的《德州电锯杀人狂》吗？2004年的《刀锋战士Ⅲ》呢？她的形象虽出人意表，却也硬朗强悍。于是她困在另外一个模式里，这种模式会让她的面孔常常出现在报摊上，但作为女主角人选，这种模式却不会让她进入那些拍摄喜剧大制作或独立电影的导演的视野。
“你自己知道你有能力，但别人对此一无所知，这是很痛苦的事。”她说。
尼尔·伯格身边的人就不了解她的才华。当时，他正为自己的历史剧《魔术师》中的19世纪末女伯爵这个角色挑选演员。尽管他的一些同事认为贝尔太有现代感，太通俗了，但他还是同意见一见她。
“不过她很聪明，”伯格说，“她对我说：‘这并不是我想做一辈子的事情，我想做些更有意义的工作。’”最终她得到了那个角色。
“我的想法是，真正从一个角色变换到另一个角色，再到下一个角色，一直达到极限——演一些更有力的、情节曲折的电影，然后再到饰演多变离奇的小角色。”她说，“这就是我的目标。”
《勇士之家》这部电影记录了一群刚从战场归来士兵的挣扎历程，影片正好处于她说的这两种角色之间。参加这部影片拍摄的还有塞缪尔·杰克逊、查德·迈克尔·墨瑞和50分钱（又名科提斯·杰克逊）。
“我想要尝试探索幸存者的经历。”她说，“我对我饰演的这名女性很好奇，她经历了这种创伤后，必须要回到正常的生活，要学会面对变了样的身体，还要应对这种新的精神状态——缺乏自信，没有把握。”
在好奇心的驱使与导演艾文·温克勒的指导下，贝尔与一群曾经有过这种创伤经历的妇女相处了一段时间。她们曾舍弃家庭奔赴战场，在服役期间失去了肢体，而在回到家后，发现生活已没法恢复原状。
贝尔下一部上映的片子是她与凯文·詹姆斯、亚当·桑德勒联袂演出的爱情喜剧片《我盛大的同志婚礼》。如此看来，她要尝试各类型电影的大计，正进行得如火如荼。
另一项计划也进展顺利：要让自己的脸蛋和身体，继续出现在美国每一家超市出口的货架上，进入排队付款的顾客们的视野。
再仔细想想，贝尔其实可能只有一个，而她也已经向世人证明，她才是真正那个别人要赶超的杰西卡。眼见为实嘛！
她，荣登“全球最性感的女人”、“全球最热辣的女星”之列。
她，获得了“性感女神”称号之后，又不断在公众面前展示其“严肃”、“大气”、“正经”的形象。
她，美国流行乐坛小天王贾斯汀·汀布莱克最新一任女友。
此般尤物正是杰西卡·贝尔！当好莱坞的大门不断向她敞开，当“性感女神”的头衔一次又一次降临在她身上的时候，我们知道一个属于杰西卡·贝尔的时代正在到来。
—Eva
In a world full of Jessicas, who knew that Jessica Biel would be the one to rule them all?
Biel is the Jessica who has turned out to be the real deal—instead of a walking publicity 1)stunt with an accidental livelihood in the movies ([1]Jessica Simpson). Meanwhile, 2)smokin’ [2]Jessica Alba still hasn’t proved her range is beyond serving as a 3)lad-mag magnet in form-hugging outfits in Fantastic Four and Sin City.
A couple of interesting things happened to Jessica Biel since we chatted with the young star about her new movie, back in last November. No. 1: The release of Next was postponed for more than five months—not a great sign. No. 2: Her celebrity 4)skyrocketed.
Some 5)highbrow, sport-coat-6)clad culture critic could probably 7)have a field day extrapolating meaning from the correlation—or lack 8)thereof—between the two developments. But you and Biel’s publicity 9)squad know the 10)score. One Timberlake 11)interlude, several tabloid covers, and a 12)jaw-dropping Golden Globes dress can do more in the game of “It Girl” advancement, than any serious-minded military drama ever could.
However, Jessica Biel, is an unex-pected treat who appeals to the eye while engaging that trickiest of 13)erogenous zones: the brain. She returns in Next, in which Biel, 25, plays the love interest of Nicolas Cage, a man who can see a few minutes into the future and who must use his odd ability to protect her while trying to 14)quash a terrorist plot.
She may be the film’s
15)damsel in distress, but Biel usually plays stronger women, and that may be why she has emerged as a star whose smarts trump looks that kill, literally and 16)figuratively. What else would you expect from someone who was admitted to the oh-so-selective 17)Tufts University?
So, it seems there are two Biels. Or at least, two different, if not 18)categorically opposed, forces at work on her career. One that could lead to the long-term 19)versatility she professes to want as an actress. And one that will put her on the cover of a few more men’s magazines.
At any rate, it’s the first force that appears to have the 20)upper hand with character selection lately. In Home of the Brave, for instance, Biel plays a 21)disfigured single mom and sweat-pant-wearing gym teacher struggling to 22)reclaim her life after a 23)traumatic tour of duty in Iraq. Biel 24)sports a plastic limb but doesn’t show much actual skin to 25)reel in the 26)Radar-reading set.
Which is fine because “there was a bit of an idea of what I was and how people saw me, and I definitely had to break that mold,” said Biel, 25.
There were a few molds, actually. The sweet, little Mary Camden, 27)willful yet loving eldest daughter of that 28)goodly WB clan on 7th Heaven. A quick topless photo shoot with the 29)fine folks at 30)Gear magazine, when the schoolgirl is 17.
So, then she was bad. 31)Erratic and rebellious. Remember The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)? How about Blade: Trinity the next year? 32)Stunning, but tough. And stuck in another mold that could keep her face on 33)newsstands but out of the minds of directors looking to cast the female leads of big studio comedies and 34)indie dramas.
“It’s hard that you know what you can do, but nobody else does.” she said.
The folks around 35)Neil Burger didn’t. When the director was searching for an actress to play a 36)turn-of-the-century countess for his period drama The Illusionist, he agreed to see Biel, despite the advice of some colleagues who deemed her too contemporary, too pop.
“But she’s smart,” Burger said. “And she said, ‘This is not what I want to be doing for the rest of my life. I want more meaningful work.’” In the end, she got the part.
“The idea, I think, is to really go from one to another to another, bouncing to the extreme—doing something strong and full of action, then small and 37)quirky,”she said. “That’s the goal.”
Home of the Brave, which also stars Samuel L. Jackson, Chad Michael Murray and 50 Cent (a.k.a. Curtis Jackson) falls somewhere between those two descriptions, as it tracks the struggles of a group of soldiers just back from the war.
“I wanted to explore the survival,” she said. “I was curious about her… this woman who goes through this traumatic experience, and has to go back to a normal life and deal with this new body, deal with this new 38)mind-set—this lack of confidence, lack of 39)assuredness.”
Her curiosity, and director 40)Irwin Winkler’s
guidance, led her to spend time with a group of women that actually experienced such traumas, leaving families behind for battle, losing limbs in the process and finding that life can never be quite the same at home.
Biel’s next release is a romantic comedy, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, co-starring Kevin James and Adam Sandler. So, the plan to bounce around between genres seems to be 41)in full swing.
As does that other plan, to keep Biel’s face and body on view in the checkout lines of every grocery store in America.
Come to think of it, maybe there’s just one Biel after all. And Biel has shown that she’s really the Jessica to beat. 42)Seeing is Biel-ieving.
在到处都是杰西卡的世界里，当初谁又会知道杰西卡·贝尔会脱颖而出呢？
杰西卡·贝尔原来才是真家伙——而不是靠偶尔玩票电影成为一个专门玩些哗众取宠花招的名人（这是指杰西卡·辛普森）。同时，当红的杰西卡·奥尔芭除了因在《神奇四侠》和《罪恶之城》中穿着紧身服装的形象而成为男性杂志的抢手货外，还没有真正证明自己的能力。
自从去年11月我们与这位年轻的影星就她的新影片交谈以来，她的身上发生了两件有趣的事：第一，《预见未来》（又译《先知先觉》）的上映日期被推迟了5个多月——这可不是一个好征兆。第二，她的知名度飙升。
一些爱卖弄学问、身穿休闲外套的文化评论家大肆从这两件事的关系—或者说无关系——推断这究竟是怎么一回事。不过，大众和杰西卡·贝尔的宣传团队知道其中的因果。在向着头号女星进军的路上，和贾斯汀·汀布莱克的恋情插曲、几次登上小报的封面和金球奖颁奖礼上让人目瞪口呆的礼服，这一切都比任何严肃的军事电影更吸引人的眼球。
然而，杰西卡·贝尔并不只是秀色可餐，她的魅力触及了人类性感应区最难以捉摸的部位——头脑。25岁的贝尔通过《预见未来》重返银幕，在影片中她扮演的角色是尼古拉斯·凯奇追求的对象。尼古拉斯·凯奇扮演的角色能够预见未来，在试图粉碎恐怖分子的一个阴谋的同时，他必须用自己的特异功能保护贝尔。
在这部影片中，杰西卡·贝尔本可能是苦难中的弱女子，但更多时候，她以强势女性的形象示人。这也许能够说明虽然她的形象火辣性感，可以毫不夸张地说能迷死人，可她总是以智慧胜于美貌的明星形象示人。不过，一个被挑剔的塔夫斯大学录取的人身上出现这种现象不也是理所当然的吗？
那么，现在看来似乎有两个贝尔。或者说，至少有两股力量在她的演员职业生涯中起作用。这两股力量若非完全相悖，至少也是彼此不同的。一股力量可以让她如自己声称的那样，作为一名演员，要成为一个多面手、一棵常青树，而另一股力量则可以让她多上几次男性杂志的封面。
不管怎么说，从角色的选择来看，最近似乎是第一股力量占了上风。比如说在《勇士之家》里，贝尔饰演一个身体受损的单身母亲，同时又是一位身穿运动裤的体育教师，在伊拉克服役时身体和精神受了创伤，回家后正努力想恢复原来的生活。在影片中，贝尔露出一只塑料义肢，但并没有大面积裸露身体来吸引对明星特别追捧的观众。
这也没什么，因为“角色里有一点我的影子，有一点影射到我在人们心中的形象。而我一定要打破别人给我设定的框框。”25岁的贝尔如此说道。
事实上，关于她有好几种框框。首先是在WB电视台播出的《七重天》中可爱的小玛丽·康姆顿，她是剧中庞大家族里任性，但又很可爱的大女儿。当她还是一名只有17岁的学生时，《齿轮》杂志上刊登过她上身半裸时同其他知名男士合拍的照片。
那时她是坏女孩，古怪而叛逆。还记得2003年上演的《德州电锯杀人狂》吗？2004年的《刀锋战士Ⅲ》呢？她的形象虽出人意表，却也硬朗强悍。于是她困在另外一个模式里，这种模式会让她的面孔常常出现在报摊上，但作为女主角人选，这种模式却不会让她进入那些拍摄喜剧大制作或独立电影的导演的视野。
“你自己知道你有能力，但别人对此一无所知，这是很痛苦的事。”她说。
尼尔·伯格身边的人就不了解她的才华。当时，他正为自己的历史剧《魔术师》中的19世纪末女伯爵这个角色挑选演员。尽管他的一些同事认为贝尔太有现代感，太通俗了，但他还是同意见一见她。
“不过她很聪明，”伯格说，“她对我说：‘这并不是我想做一辈子的事情，我想做些更有意义的工作。’”最终她得到了那个角色。
“我的想法是，真正从一个角色变换到另一个角色，再到下一个角色，一直达到极限——演一些更有力的、情节曲折的电影，然后再到饰演多变离奇的小角色。”她说，“这就是我的目标。”
《勇士之家》这部电影记录了一群刚从战场归来士兵的挣扎历程，影片正好处于她说的这两种角色之间。参加这部影片拍摄的还有塞缪尔·杰克逊、查德·迈克尔·墨瑞和50分钱（又名科提斯·杰克逊）。
“我想要尝试探索幸存者的经历。”她说，“我对我饰演的这名女性很好奇，她经历了这种创伤后，必须要回到正常的生活，要学会面对变了样的身体，还要应对这种新的精神状态——缺乏自信，没有把握。”
在好奇心的驱使与导演艾文·温克勒的指导下，贝尔与一群曾经有过这种创伤经历的妇女相处了一段时间。她们曾舍弃家庭奔赴战场，在服役期间失去了肢体，而在回到家后，发现生活已没法恢复原状。
贝尔下一部上映的片子是她与凯文·詹姆斯、亚当·桑德勒联袂演出的爱情喜剧片《我盛大的同志婚礼》。如此看来，她要尝试各类型电影的大计，正进行得如火如荼。
另一项计划也进展顺利：要让自己的脸蛋和身体，继续出现在美国每一家超市出口的货架上，进入排队付款的顾客们的视野。
再仔细想想，贝尔其实可能只有一个，而她也已经向世人证明，她才是真正那个别人要赶超的杰西卡。眼见为实嘛！