Jessica Biel Blames her Looks, Not Bad Acting

Jessica Biel talked to Allure magazine recently about marriage and her career. And it was so exciting:

When it comes to boyfriend Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel remains fairly tight-lipped. One thing she's not keeping secret, though: Her immediate feelings on marriage.

"I have no idea if I want to get married," Biel, 27, tells Allure for its June issue. "I have a lot to do, career-wise."

Known for her work in comedies like I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry or on TV in 7th Heaven, Biel says she would welcome meatier, more dramatic roles – of the type that has gone to such peers as Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johannson.

"I just want an opportunity," she says. "If you don't like the audition, then don't hire me. But if you don't even want to see me – that's hurtful." Biel adds that her good looks often are a drawback when it comes to casting. "It really is a problem," she says. "I have to be blunt."

It's time her agent or a producer or me if they just put me in a room alone with her tells Jessica that she doesn't get those roles because she would pretty much make the movie a disaster. The fact that Scarlett and Natalie get those roles and are every bit as hot as Jessica is proof it's not her looks keeping her down. I'm trying to remember a decent movie Jessica Biel was in, and I'm coming up with empty. Summer Catch was okay if you just had heart surgery and nothing else was on the hospital television.

5.19.09 at 10:59:50 AM