Former model & Famous Actress Malin Akerman endures hardships for "Watchmen

Actor Malin Akerman is famous model who the Silk Spectre in Zack Snyder’s film "Watchmen,” said her form-fitting costume, while easy on the eyes, wasn’t exactly easy to wear.

"It was so uncomfortable,” Akerman said. "I am not going to develop a latex fetish at all. It was beautiful, and the design was incredible. But if I were a superhero, I’d wear sweats and a T-shirt.” Before filming, Akerman had two months of training with an ex-Navy SEAL to take the role of the Silk Spectre, a second-generation superhero in this film based on the graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.

While she called that training excruciating, she also had to have a full-body cast made for costuming purposes. "It started weighing down, and I said, ‘Guys, we have to take it off.’ I endured it as long as possible. But luckily it’s not an everyday thing. ... But it’s not the most comfortable process.” Even love was rough on Akerman in "Watchmen.” To play Dr. Manhattan, the superpowered scientist, Billy Crudup was covered in light-emitting diodes that would later be covered with special effects.

In the love scene, Crudup had to keep a distance. "That love scene was really interesting, because he couldn’t actually touch me,” Akerman said. "Because you had all these LED lights that are scratchy, they’d scrape you.” Akerman says the end result was worth it, and she’s proud of the final product in "Watchmen.” Also, director Snyder was constantly keeping the actors motivated.