Jordana Brewster and Sara Foster: D.E.B.S. Duo

They couldn't be more different; Sara Foster, a golden blonde California girl, with hosting credits on "ET on MTV" and time on the beach with Owen Wilson in The Big Bounce, and dark-haired Fast and Furious alum Jordana Brewster, Yale grad and world traveler. But, as girlfriend/girlfriend in the comedy spy adventure D.E.B.S., they make a great duo. The two young actresses are the total opposite of their D.E.B.S. characters. Sara is more outgoing than her character Amy and Jordana is more laid back than her larger-than-life criminal alter-ego Lucy Diamond.

When we sat down at the '50's-style retro Avalon hotel in Beverly Hills to chat, Sara was all gauzy blue shirt with glitter stripes and big hoop earrings in California mode and Jordana, in black, long sleeved tee that made more of a New York statement. Both girls have their own production companies and are determined to be good businesswomen as well as stars in Tinseltown. Jordana is gung-ho to make meaningful movies aimed at teen girls and credits Sandra Bullock as a role model. Sara is developing a TV show and volunteers for her dad's charity. We dished on everything from fashion to the challenges of playing two gals who fall in love. (They only kiss, okay? It's a PG-13 movie!)

TeenHollywood: How different was the full-length D.E.B.S. feature from the short film that it's based upon?

Jordana: The short's a lot more graphic 'cause they could get away with a lot. It's not soft core or anything, but there was a huge love scene that was toned down.

TeenHollywood: Did you guys have any superwoman fantasies growing up?

Jordana: I think I would like to be Wonder Woman. Wink Wink, nudge, nudge.

Sara: I didn't, really. I was a very conservative, weird child. I was more into office supplies and pens and notebooks. I had business cards when I was 10 years old. It said, 'The office of Sara Michael Foster,' and it had a beeper number on it and my home number, that I shared with all my sisters. I passed them out, too. I really thought that I was a serious businesswoman. I wanted to be Barbara Walters.

TEENHOLLYWOOD: What was Angela Robinson, a first-time feature director, like to work with? (note: Angela went on from D.E.B.S. to direct the Lindsay Lohan film Herbie: Fully Loaded)

Sara: We both fell in love with her. She had, as you hope directors do, a real vision for her project. Because she wrote it and because it was her first project, she was so passionate about it. It was her baby. She knew every beat in this film and knew exactly what she wanted, and what she wanted from us.

Jordana: She knew what the tone should be. It had to be funny. She was super confident that she could accomplish it, which was amazing. And then, the other thing about Angela is that she continues to be sunshine girl. She's never in a bad mood. We'd be on day 20, into overtime, and we were whining, and she was just laughing. She's a wonderful person to work with. She's so appreciative.

TeenHollywood: How were you able to make your relationship with each other real on screen?

Sara: Angela really stressed to us the importance of our relationship. The movie is over-the-top and it is campy. Some people are going to walk away saying it's a bit of a satire. But, with the actual relationship between our two characters, it was really important to Angela that we really take it seriously and make it real. Our love for each other is real.

TeenHollywood: Who do you think the audience is for this? It's PG-13.

Sara: Are some parents going to be hesitant about it? Sure. But, parents are okay with letting their kids go see a movie where people are getting their brains blown out. It's okay to go watch people with guns and taking drugs and killing each other.

Jordana: I think, as soon as you talk to your kid about sex or different sexual orientations, then it's cool. I think it's treated in a really tasteful, not heavy-handed manner. I don't see any problem with it, unless you haven't been exposed to it yet. Then, you're going to be a confused kid.

Sara: It is PG-13. You should be a teenager. It isn't something I would take the 4 year olds to. But, actually, they'd probably enjoy it because they wouldn't really get it. They would just be like, 'Oh, cool skirts.'

TeenHollywood: Did you always know you could get into the Lucy and Amy characters? What was the first meeting like?

Jordana: I had flown in from New York. We got cast pretty quickly. So then, Angela was sitting there in this rehearsal space and we were talking like, 'Oh, my god, I'm heartbroken.' I had just broken up with my boyfriend two months prior. And, Angela kind of had this look of fear on her face, and was like, 'Oh, shit, what did I do? 'They're just two little girly girls. We're screwed.' And then (for my character Lucy) Angela said 'You know when you're on a date and the guy is being really manipulative'? And, I was like, 'That's what they're doing? That's what I'm doing in the movie? Oh!' Phrased like that, it was so much more human to me. I kind of got a kick out of that. It was revenge, in a way.

Sara: It was a real stretch for you to be your character. I think chemistry is also something that is honestly there or not. I think you can work at it as much as possible, but when it's not there, it's really hard to create it. And, it was there with us.

Jordana: If I could incorporate elements of Lucy in me, that would be fabulous. I don't go out and give people my number. I'm not usually the aggressor, so I think I need a little bit of Lucy. So, it was fun to be on the other side.

Sara: You're a lot more reserved than Lucy and I am way more outgoing and in-your-face than Amy.

TeenHollywood: Jordana are you finished with college?

Jordana: Done. I got done last year. Now, I'm acting full time.

TeenHollywood: Are you happy to have had the full college experience?

Jordana: I'm really happy. I'm really glad I did it. I'm only 24 now. I never thought I wouldn't go. It would have been silly not to.

TeenHollywood: There are some action sequences in the movie. What kind of training did you do for D.E.B.S.?

Jordana: Each set of training was two days. They were like, 'Cram it, do it, learn it now' because it was a really quick shoot.

Sara: Jordana and I had one fight scene that we needed to pretty carefully choreograph, and we worked on that for three days. And we tried, but then brought in the stunt doubles. But, the shooting of the guns was harder than it looks. When I watched the movie, I was so disappointed.

Jordana: You're not supposed to blink and the natural reaction is to blink.

TeenHollywood: Sara, will you ever do any more television hosting?

Sara: I never want to sit anywhere and say, 'I'll never do this again,' or 'I will do this for sure,' because I so take one day at a time with everything that I do. I hate it when people who got their start doing something want to go and trash it, like girls who are models who are now actresses go, 'Oh, I will never model again.' But, doing Tommy Hilfiger and Guess, and those things, was great for me. Doing MTV was also great for me. I look at Ellen DeGeneres and her show and go, 'That would be so fun to do one day,' because I love talking to people. But, at this point in my life, it's not the direction that I would be going in. Not to say that I wouldn't love being Kelly Ripa one day. She balances it all -- she hosts a show, she's got another television show, she's got kids.

TeenHollywood: Were there a lot of opportunities for you guys to improvise?

Jordana: I don't do improv. I hate it. I love acting because I have a script.

Sara: See, I love improv, so that was hard for me. I learned with the best -- Owen Wilson. So, I came from doing that to this and was taken aback when Angela was like, 'No, we stick to the script.' The dialogue was so well-written that I had no problem with it. Everything that I wanted to express was already on the page.

TeenHollywood: Do you know what you'll be doing next?

Sara: I'm starting an untitled television show and I'm getting my production company started, which I'm very excited about, so I can try to make movies that I want to be in. [The TV show is for] the WB. It's a half-hour. My ideal dream job is to do a sitcom and work five days a week, normal hours. And then, on your break, if there's a great movie and you can do it, you do it. I think it's a good life.

Jordana: I did a movie called Nearing Grace last year that should be at LA Film Festival and Tribeca and, I have a production company that is producing a thriller and another pitch that is at a specific company. My business model is Sandra Bullock. She's awesome. The fact that she's 40 and she can discover talent, nurture it and be really hands on is great. It's what I want to do. And, she has her house in Austin and a small pad in L.A., and she does whatever the hell she wants. She's my hero.

Sara: She's amazing.

Jordana: I also want to make movies for girls in their teens, like Mean Girls but films that are positive to give them a role model that's not Britney, more Hilary Duff, a little more wholesome and realistic.

Sara: It's also cool to see these young girls that are also businesswomen. Hilary Duff, M.K. and Ashley, those girls were lucky enough to have really smart people surrounding them. When you're 15, I don't know if you necessarily have it in you to do the things they've all done but it's now cool. Now, it's great to be smart. Not only act and sing and do these things but create a brand or at least attempt to or get involved and be pro-active.

TeenHollywood: Jordana, you are also in a film called ? Is that like Million Dollar Baby? It's about boxing?

Jordana: James Franco is the boxer. He got in serious shape for that. I'm his superior. I'm an upper classman and he's a midshipman. We're in Annapolis, the Naval Academy and there are the boxing brigades, which is what the story is based on. I do help train him. The way the cadets speak is so technical and you have to speak with so much authority that it was hard to pull off. It was me with a bunch of guys though, which was kind of fun.

TeenHollywood: Do you find that it's easier or more fulfilling to do indie films rather than big, studio movies?

Jordana: I've come across so many scripts that I love but the studio needs like a Drew Barrymore or someone that's really going to rake in the box office money. So, if you can get in a position where you can get stuff that you really want to do greenlit, then I think that's heaven. That's what I aspire to. Whether it's studio or not studio. Getting a whole independent film financed based on your name is the best way to use it I think.

TeenHollywood: What are some of the films that you both enjoy?

Jordana: I loved Being Julia. That was genius. Royal Tanenbaums was genius. I love dark comedies and satire. I loved I Heart Huckabees. Those are really fun to me.

Sara: I love romantic comedies. I loved Love, Actually. That was so cute. I liked Million Dollar Baby. I liked that movie with Ewan McGregor, Big Fish. Motorcycle Diaries and Stage Beauty were great.

TeenHollywood: Let's talk fashion. I just know you don't wear those little short plaid skirts and white D.E.B.S. blouses.

Sara: (frowning) I have no fashion sense.

Jordana: I'm a little obsessed. I'm not Bo-Ho or whatever they call that, but I so want to be. I love Sienna Miller's style. Best ever. It changes. Just do whatever looks good on you. L.A. has a distinct style, as does New York. I try to pull off all the stuff I wear in L.A. in New York and I look like a slut. You can't do it. But you can dress up a pair of jeans with cool shoes, different colors. Suits are classic too. Just because you are in L.A., you shouldn't go to a business meeting dressed like a tart.

Sara: There's a very lax attitude here. I grew up in Malibu at the beach. That's how I am. I was wearing Ugs when Ugs were really not cool. People would look at me and say 'God, where are you from, Alaska?' I look at these girls who are so done. I wish I could wake up in the morning and throw on these outfits but I can't. I don't know how to. I'm just Juicy jeans, Juicy hooded sweatshirt and Converse. That is my uniform. Today, a stylist did me. I would never know to pick this stuff out.

TeenHollywood: Best style tip you've ever received?

Sara: I get tips all the time like 'comeon, girl! Get with it! (we laugh)

Jordana: If you are less endowed than most in Hollywood, I feel like you have to invest in a really good bra. La Perla makes a really good basic bra.

Sara: Let's plug that. Maybe they'll send us some!

TeenHollywood: Are you involved with any charities or causes?

Sara: My father has a charity called the David Foster Foundation and it helps children who need organ transplants. It locates the donor and takes care of the family. I'm really involved in that.

Jordana: I just started this organization called The Wonder of Reading. You go to one high school a week and are assigned a student and you read to them for an hour. I love reading. I want to show that it's cool. There's so much TV. My girl likes dogs so you try to gear it toward their interests.

TEENHOLLYWOOD: How would you feel about a sequel to D.E.B.S.

Jordana: I think it could be a lot of fun. It would be great.

Sara: I think Angela has a [script ready]. That woman's got ideas. It's something I'm sure we'd all be open to because we all had a lot of fun working on this movie and we all became friends. I think it was a positive experience for all of us.

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Lynn Barker is a Hollywood-based entertainment journalist and produced screenwriter.