Not only did the films perform poorly, they also left Alba doubting her abilities as an actor.

The director was like, ‘It looks too real.

It looks too painful.

Jessica Alba smiling

Can you be prettier when you cry?

… Don’t do that thing with your face.

Just make it flat.

Jessica Alba smiling to the side

We can CGI the tears in.'"

Do people hate them so much that they don’t want me to be a real person?

… And so I just said, ‘F**k it.

I don’t care about this business anymore.'"

But that might be a long shot.