Eva Mendes Wanted to be a Nun

Of all the actresses I can picture as a nun, Eva Mendes isn’t one of them. Have you seen the opening scene in We Own the Night? Please. There’s no way she could pull off a nun.

But that’s exactly what the sexy actress, 34, once thought about being. Until she found out how much they make.

“I guess there is this little Catholic girl inside me somewhere. But I did want to be a nun when I was very little. Well, that was until my sister told me that they don’t get paid. Then, I went off the idea really quickly.  

Mendes was brought up as part of a strict Catholic family by her Cuban-American parents.

Image: Eva Mendes, Joaquin Phoenix, We Own the Night, Columbia Pictures, 2007; Source: Wenn News