Enjoy a few candid photos of Jessica Alba captured returning from the gym in Santa Monica on May 23rd.

So desperate is Jessica Alba to shake her pretty girl image she begged the director of the latest Fantastic Four movie to make her uglier in her reprised movie role.

Tim Story directs “Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer” and he spoke of Jessica in a recent interview with British film magazine “Empire.”

“I think the beauty thing can sometimes get in the way. We’ve discussed it at length,” says Story. “She has this thing; she says: ‘Tim, make me ugly! Put dirt on me! Do something!’ and I’m like: ‘OK, Jessica, maybe not in this film…’