Alba was orginally set to play the role of Katarin but dropped out because she felt the film was too brutal.

The sexy "Dark Angel" star is said to have auditioned for the role of Elektra which ultimately went to Jennifer Garner.

Jessica Alba auditioned for a part in the Faculty. Assumed to be the Jordana Brewster character, but that wasn’t stated. There she met Robert Rodriguez, and that lead to her getting an audition for the part of Nancy in Sin City. Which she got.

Mentioned as one of the young beauties considered for the movie.