She’s a pop singer, a pinup-worthy beauty and a paparazzi favorite, but Jessica Simpson insists she’s just “a normal girl.”
With her fifth album in stores, a new music video on the way and a movie opening Friday, normal might be a stretch.
At least in real life. On the big screen, she plays a very normal discount-store cashier in “Employee of the Month.”
The role is an intentional departure from her sexy stint as Daisy Duke in last year’s “Dukes of Hazzard.” But, says the 26-year-old starlet, it also represents a new grown-up chapter in her life as she learns to take charge of her career, her future and herself.
“I’m kind of doing it by doses and, along the way, figuring myself out and learning to belong to myself, learning to be committed to myself,” she says. “I see a lot of change in my life right now. I’m really grasping hold of what I want for the first time.”
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