Jessica's 'Into the Blue' Shark Scare!
August 5, 2005
Are you ready to take the plunge? Take the beautiful, crystal-clear waters of the Bahamas, mix in the intrigue of sunken treasure and ravenous sharks, then add the super sexy bodies of JESSICA ALBA and PAUL WALKER, and you've got 'Into the Blue,' an underwater adventure hitting the big screen this fall!
"They would basically just chum the water," Jessica tells ET about how the filmmakers attracted her unpredictable, finned co-stars, "and any shark that smelled the chum would come and they would be in the scene with us. It was terrifying, and my grandmother was praying for me every day. Every protective saint out there had my back!"
In the movie, opening September 30, Paul plays Jared, a part-time treasure hunter who dreams of striking it rich in the open waters off New Providence, where he lives with his girlfriend, Sam (Jessica), who works as a shark handler at a local resort. After Jared's successful childhood friend Bryce (SCOTT CAAN) and his new girlfriend Amanda (ASHLEY SCOTT) move to the island with their luxury yacht, the foursome's lives are changed forever when they find evidence of an ancient shipwreck with untold riches. But a subsequent dive unearths a sunken DC3 aircraft carrying a fortune in illegal cargo. As the friends clash over whether they should use the contraband to fund their expedition, Jared's longtime rival (JOSH BROLIN) catches wind of the sunken treasure and the island's shady nightclub owner (TYSON BECKFORD) wants a piece of the action.
'Into the Blue' represents a reunion of sorts for the actors. Real-life pals Paul and Scott both starred in 'Varsity Blues' and were looking for another project to work on together. Director JOHN STOCKWELL ('Blue Crush') cast them intentionally as friends to capitalize on their competitive natures. Meanwhile, Jessica and Ashley also worked on the same TV show, "Dark Angel," for a time. No stranger to the water, Jessica cut her teeth on underwater diving while working on "The New Adventures of Flipper" in Australia, just a few years prior to her breakthrough role in "Angel." But free diving and scuba diving can only be so fun when you have to share the screen with real-live sharks!
"I'm a great swimmer, but you don't have to be a good swimmer to be bitten by a shark," Jessica tells ET. "You just get bitten by a shark because they're dumb and they think you're a fish. We had shark handlers with spears, but they weren't right next to you. You had to keep your eyes open."
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