Sneak Peek: Eva Mendes in W Magazine
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Eva Mendes is out to prove she is more than just a bombshell. But it's pretty darn hard to think of her as anything else in these photos. Posing in a new spread for W magazine, on newsstands June 15, the star of the upcoming Will Ferrell comedy "The Other Guys" makes the transition from sexy to funny. She tells the mag, “It’s very hard for me to be seen as funny. And the truth is, that’s where I’m most comfortable.” Click through to see more of Eva. Photos by Mert Alas & Marcus Piggot <b>MORE FROM W: </b> <a href="http://www.wmagazine.com/celebrities/2010/07/eva_mendes_ss?mbid=synd_foxnews" target="_blank">Photos: More Sexy Shots from Eva’s W Cover Shoot</a> <a href="http://www.wmagazine.com/celebrities/2010/07/eva_mendes?mbid=synd_foxnews" target="_blank">Read the entire Eva Mendes interview at W </a> <a href="http://www.wmagazine.com/celebrities/2010/07/eva_mendes_fashion_ss?mbid=synd_foxnews" target="_blank">Photos: Eva’s Red Carpet Retrospective</a> <a href="http://www.wmagazine.com/celebrities/2010/02/rihanna_style_ss?mbid=synd_foxnews" target="_blank">Photos: Rihanna’s Style Evolution</a> <a href="http://www.wmagazine.com/celebrities/2010/04/aniston_butler_ss?mbid=synd_foxnews" target="_blank">Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler’s Racy Photo Shoot</a>
<i>On her own dual passions:<br></i>“I’m a modern woman in the sense of I take care of myself, I’m fiercely independent, and I’m really ambitious. Yet I have these old-school thoughts in my mind. I do like to belong to a man. I love having a man in my life, and being his woman at the end of the day. I know it’s a dichotomy.”<br><br><i>On her ethnicity:<br></i>“I don’t consider myself a Latin American actress. I was born and raised here, and I have Cuban parents, but for me, I am the new American girl. It’s not only Drew Barrymore and the blond Mid-western girl. This, [pointing to her face] is also what we look like now.” Photos: Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott<br><br><b>MORE FROM W: </b> <a href="http://www.wmagazine.com/celebrities/2010/07/eva_mendes_ss?mbid=synd_foxnews" target="_blank">Photos: More Sexy Shots from Eva’s W Cover Shoot</a> <a href="http://www.wmagazine.com/celebrities/2010/07/eva_mendes?mbid=synd_foxnews" target="_blank">Read the entire Eva Mendes interview at W </a> <a href="http://www.wmagazine.com/celebrities/2010/07/eva_mendes_fashion_ss?mbid=synd_foxnews" target="_blank">Photos: Eva’s Red Carpet Retrospective</a> <a href="http://www.wmagazine.com/celebrities/2010/02/rihanna_style_ss?mbid=synd_foxnews" target="_blank">Photos: Rihanna’s Style Evolution</a> <a href="http://www.wmagazine.com/celebrities/2010/04/aniston_butler_ss?mbid=synd_foxnews" target="_blank">Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler’s Racy Photo Shoot</a>
<i>On seeing her Calvin Klein ad for the first time in New York City:<br></i>“There I was all greased up, my head thrown back, and I thought, ‘Who are you? Are you kidding me?’”<br><br><i>On performing in the nude:<br></i>“I’ve never had a problem with nudity, but I don’t put it out there without a reason. I’m not an exhibitionist. But, honestly, for my art I’ll do anything almost. I’ll go there.” MORE FROM W: <a href="http://www.wmagazine.com/celebrities/2010/07/eva_mendes_ss?mbid=synd_foxnews" target="_blank">Photos: More Sexy Shots from Eva’s W Cover Shoot</a> <a href="http://www.wmagazine.com/celebrities/2010/07/eva_mendes?mbid=synd_foxnews" target="_blank">Read the entire Eva Mendes interview at W </a> <a href="http://www.wmagazine.com/celebrities/2010/07/eva_mendes_fashion_ss?mbid=synd_foxnews" target="_blank">Photos: Eva’s Red Carpet Retrospective</a> <a href="http://www.wmagazine.com/celebrities/2010/02/rihanna_style_ss?mbid=synd_foxnews" target="_blank">Photos: Rihanna’s Style Evolution</a> <a href="http://www.wmagazine.com/celebrities/2010/04/aniston_butler_ss?mbid=synd_foxnews" target="_blank">Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler’s Racy Photo Shoot</a>
Competitive much? The day after <a target="_blank" href="http://www.foxnews.com/slideshow/entertainment/2010/01/12/lovely-talented-megan-fox-armani-underwear-photos?test=faces">Megan Fox's new Emporio Armani billboard campaign photos</a> were released, Eva Mendes' Calvin Klein jeans billboards have been made public. Click through these, and then <a target="_blank" href="http://www.foxnews.com/slideshow/entertainment/2010/01/12/lovely-talented-megan-fox-armani-underwear-photos?test=faces">click through Megan's</a>, and then answer our Fox411.com Survey question: Who has the hottest new billboard campaign, Eva or Megan?
Click on for more red carpet and magazine shots of the lovely and talented Eva Mendes.
Nov. 4: Actress Eva Mendes attends the AFI Fest 2009 gala screening of "The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans" in Hollywood. (Source: Reuters) (Reuters)
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