Wickedly sexy

MANILA, Philippines - Megan Fox plays it wickedly sexy in the upcoming teen horror comedy Jennifer’s Body as the titular character who became a man-eater after a horrifying incident with her favorite local rock band. 

Written by Diablo Cody, Jennifer’s Body is about a small town high school student Jennifer (Fox), possessed by a hungry demon. She transitions from being “high school evil” — gorgeous, stuck up and ultra-attitudinal — to the real deal evil. The glittering beauty becomes a pale and sickly creature jonesing for a meaty snack, and guys who never stood a chance with the heartless babe, take on new luster in the light of Jennifer’s insatiable appetite. Meanwhile, Jennifer’s lifelong best friend Needy (Amanda Seyfried), long relegated to living in Jennifer’s shadow, must step up to protect the town’s young men, including her nerdy boyfriend Chip (Johnny Simmons).

The narrative fuse ignites when Jennifer takes Needy to see a rock band from the city, which has a gig at a local bar in the girls’ rural hometown of Devil’s Kettle. The sinister rockers sacrifice Jennifer to the devil to ensure their success in the music biz, but what they don’t know is that they have royally screwed up the ritual. They were supposed to sacrifice a virgin — and Jennifer is no virgin. As a result, a demon is channeled into Jennifer, and she starts feeding on young men.

Fox had signed on to play Jennifer early in the pre-production process. “Both Diablo and I had said, ‘If there’s one girl on earth who is Jennifer, it is Megan Fox,’” recalls producer Daniel Dubiecki. “We had coffee with Megan and she said, ‘I love this story. I am this girl. I know how to do this. I can kill this role.’”

“This script is by far the funniest script I’ve read, ever,” says Fox who shot to motion picture superstardom with her work in Transformers and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. “It’s also the most realistic interpretation of teenagers I’ve ever read. Diablo’s really good at relating to how kids really are. I was in high school just a few years ago and it was a nightmare!”

The scene of Jennifer’s sacrifice at the hands of a satanic rock band is pivotal and was one of the most difficult tonally to achieve. “At this point in the story Jennifer is the victim; she’s the prey,” Fox recounts. “I played it straight and dramatic, even though the scene has a strong comedic edge.”

Fox is one of Hollywood’s most sought-after young actresses and well-known for her breakout starring role opposite Shia LaBeouf in Transformers, directed by Michael Bay and executive produced by Steven Spielberg. She reprised the role in the summer 2009 blockbuster Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,  again directed by Bay and produced by Spielberg.

She was most recently seen in the comedy How to Lose Friends and Alienate People as Sophie, alongside Kirsten Dunst, Simon Pegg and Jeff Bridges. She will next be seen in Jonah Hex, Warner Bros.’ fantastical live-action adaptation of the DC comic series, opposite Josh Brolin and John Malkovich.

 Jennifer’s Body is now showing nationwide, distributed by Warner Bros.