Amy Adams - Marie Claire Magazine Photoshoot January 2011

Amy Adams covers the January 2011 issue of Marie Claire magazine. The Fighter actress is holding up her end of the deal, as co-stars Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg resort to a poorly slapped-together Sports Illustrated cover and singing the theme to the Powerpuff Girls on ABC News. 

Adams, 36, just nominated for a Golden Globe for her role in The Fighter, talks about pregnancy sex, her sordid past, and losing the baby weight since giving birth to baby Aviana Olea Le Gallo in May. Below are photos, excerpts, and behind-the-scenes video from her shoot.

• On people thinking she’s innocent. The fools: ‘I did one interview when I was pregnant, and the writer said he thought people would be surprised to know that I had sex,’ says Adams. ‘I didn’t know what to say. I was like, ‘Excuse me if it takes a minute to process the fact that you think I’m asexual.’ Anyway, there’s something great about the world thinking I’m so innocent. Only it’s not true.’

• On wearing platforms while learning to pole dance, to shift baby weight: ‘Some mom friends said it’s a good way to lose the baby weight,’ she says. ‘And I’ll do anything to get off of that treadmill.’

• On how she first heard about The Fighter: ‘I had met with David about another movie that didn’t happen. Then he called about The Fighter. I was in Ireland doing the movie Leap Year, and he sent me 20 pages of the script. I was nearly on page 20 when I was like, ‘Wait, which part is for me?” Adams says, laughing.
• On how similar she is to her character: ‘What’s funny is that some people who’ve seen it have said, ‘Amy, you’re finally playing yourself,” says Adams. ‘It’s not that she’s like me. It’s just that she’s less naive. My other characters haven’t been tested. She has been through it.’

• On her prolonged awkward phase: ‘In my 20s, boy,’ she later confesses, shaking her head over a lunch of chicken and mashed potatoes, ‘I was a hot mess.’
• On getting married: ‘Darren and I would set a date, and then a project would come up and we’d push it. Then when we got pregnant, we were going to get married right away. And we will get married. But we didn’t want to rush and plan something just to do it the traditional way,’ she explains.
• On Darren, her fiance/ baby daddy: ‘Darren’s not competitive with me, which is great. That just wouldn’t work,’ she says, noting that things could change at any time and that one day their roles and profiles may be reversed. ‘We’re a family, and he’s really embraced his role as a father.’