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Will motherhood change her professionally?


Over the years Christina has really become one of my favorite actresses. She always knows how to deliver whether it's in a movie role or just shooting the breeze on some talk show. She has recently commented on how the majority of her roles would not be the type of things children watch. As an expectant mother I wonder if the types of movies she does will change once she has the baby. I think that she is up to the challenge because she has had to reinvent herself many times over the years and usually with a good amount of success. Still, her most outstanding skill is, I believe, in comedy and she has grown into that wonderfully in recent years. I've seen her in more dramatic roles but often her talent seems repressed and the movies are less enjoyable because of it. She does not always demand the spotlight but she certainly knows what to do with it when it is on her. I don't doubt that she will want to devote time to raising her baby, but I know that she also does love to work. I am confident i will always be a fan, but I am also interested to see where the future will take her career.

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She's already started to appear in more kid-friendly movies - The Rocker, Alvin and the Chipmunks, and Cats & Dogs. But she's also still in adult-oriented movies like Going the Distance. I doubt we'll ever see her do a role like in The Sweetest Thing or Married with Children again since she's grown out of that. But I don't think she'll completely abandon the roles that are geared more for a mature audience.

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there's some more dramatic roles she may turn down after she has the baby for example if she were offered a remake of Summer Wishes Winter Dreams she may turn that down because of strong language and funeral scenes the mother of the lead female charecter dies or being intimidated because the actress that originated the part was oscar nominated for it

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I don't know how it will change her career except that she is now officially a MILF!


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