Eva Mendes' new Calvin Klein underwear billboard in West Hollywood

Actress Eva Mendes isn’t afraid to admit that she uses her sex-symbol status to help her secure film roles.

“I don’t allow myself to be typecast, but when I have to turn up the heat and turn up the sexuality and I do an amazing Calvin Klein campaign it’s very conscious, that’s no accident. It’s very methodical on my part,” Mendes explained. “If I feel it’s appropriate to show some nudity in the scenes then I go for it. As much as I use my sexuality, I have never felt exploited. I feel like it’s on my terms and I have no problem with it.”

And while Mendes is one of the most in-demand actresses in Hollywood who has likely been all around the world, interestingly enough, she only made her first visit to the hurricane-torn New Orleans while filming her latest crime drama “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans” in August last year.

“It was exciting because we brought business there, but it was pretty devastating. I was in shock at some parts, I hadn’t been there ever so I was still in shock that this happened in our country,” Mendes told us while promoting the flick. “I felt we were somewhere else in certain areas. Our government failed this; you can see they failed this. It was pretty intense.”

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A sexy new Calvin Klein billboard in the heart of SoHo is drawing the ire of some spectators.

The underwear ad shows a sweaty, glistening Eva Mendes in sheer lingerie, tugging at the boxer briefs of a studly man.

The sultry billboard on Houston and Lafayette Sts. is one of a series of Calvin Klein ads that has raised eyebrows in the neighborhood.

“Some of us don’t want to expose our kids to something like this – it’s borderline pornography,” said Carl Wilson, 55, an MTA worker from Queens.

“I think it’s sexy as hell,” said Carlos Gamez, 24, who works at the nearby Adidas store. “It makes me want to go out and buy some drawers like that. This one was way sexier than any before.”

Calvin Klein pulled an orgy-themed ad in June after taking heat from neighbors and a Christian advocacy group. That billboard showed a teenage girl in a threesome with two young men – and another passed out nearby. Fans of the sexy ads say the new one is hotter than any that came before.

“It looks great, this new one. It’s more sexy then the ones before,” said Pepito Patamine. 48, of Queens. “If they want to sell panties, it’s perfect.”

Calvin Klein has a long history of advertisements that push the envelope. They pioneered the “heroin chic” look in the 1990s with strung-out-looking models, complete with pale skin and dark circles under their eyes. A Calvin Klein television ad featuring Mendes was banned from American airwaves last year.

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Pictured: Evan Rachel Wood, Gwen Stefani, Dita von Teese, Emmy Rossum & Eva Mendes.  All beautiful!

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“The Other Guys” has found a girl.

Eva Mendes has joined the cast of Adam McKay’s next comedy, “The Other Guys,” as have Michael Keaton and Damon Wayans Jr.

Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg star as cops in the action-comedy scheduled for an August release by Sony. McKay and Chris Henchy (”Land of the Lost”) wrote the screenplay (formerly titled “The B Team”).

Mendes is touring the festival circuit in Werner Herzog’s “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.” She next appears in the Miramax drama “Last Night,” scheduled for a March release. Keaton just shepherded his directorial debut, “The Merry Gentleman,” into theaters. He voiced Ken in “Toy Story 3,” which hits theaters in June.

Wayans was a writer, actor and story editor on his father’s sitcom “My Wife and Kids.” He also co-starred in the Paramount comedy “Dance Flick.”

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Eva Mendes is known as one of the world’s most beautiful women, with her dark Cuban hair, sultry smile and full lips. So it may come as a surprise to learn that the star of 2 Fast 2 Furious worries about her voluptuous body looking ‘distasteful’.

The U.S. beauty says that she has to ‘walk a fine line’ when choosing her clothing. Last year Eva had an advert banned from U.S. TV screens for showing a flash of her nipple, and earlier this year starred in a sultry campaign for CK Underwear.

But she told Marie Claire magazine: “I love my curves and I embrace them, but I have to walk a fine line. There are certain dresses that are like: ‘Oh, this is really feminine. This isn’t sexy at all’, but then I’d try it on and it just turned.”

“I think it comes down to being voluptuous, and if your body’s a certain way, then things can go distasteful in a second.”

The 35-year-old, who spent a short spell in rehab last year, also revealed that she credits four years of therapy with changing how she deals with fame.

“[I'm] a woman who has been through life experiences, thank God, and therapy. I love therapy!” she said. “I’m very into it. I’m very in touch with my feelings, so I’m a completely different person. Not that different but you know… I gotta tell you, there’s nothing like going in and sitting down and talking to someone who has no emotional tie to your life. Just to talk to someone. It’s amazing.”

Eva also makes the unusual revelation that she likes nothing better than visiting cemeteries.

“I love cemeteries. They’re so beautiful and peaceful.” She has visited Oscar Wilde’s grave in Paris and London’s Highgate Cemetery, the burial place of Karl Marx. “The older the better,” she says.

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I’m so excited to see this movie! I’m seeing it on Saturday (which is also my birthday!).  Let’s not talk about how old I’ll be.  We’ll call it 25 and be good.

Pictured: Bradley Cooper, Ashley Olsen, Justin Bartha (Ashley Olsen’s bf & star of the movie),  Jason Bateman & wife, Kristen Bell, Zach Efron (get a haircut already!), Heather  Graham, Danny Masterson, Eva Mendes, Mary Kate Olsen, Audrina Patridge, Jeremy Piven, Jamie Lynn Sigler & bf, Kate Walsh and Kendra Wilkinson!

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