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And as her career continued to flourish, she didn’t take her nose from the grindstone.
“I grew up watching ‘Baywatch’ reruns in Brazil.
But the reality of life in NYC was vastly different than what Brewster had imagined.
For one, she didn’t fit in at her private school.
Her personal style wasn’t the only issue.
“I always considered being Latina one of my greatest assets,” she said.
In fact, by the time Brewster was in high school, she was already a working actor.
And like many great actors before her, Brewstergot her start in a soap opera.
Brewster, who studied English, made graduating sooner rather than later a top priority.
She graduated in 2003 two years after her “Fast & Furious” journey began.
“With ‘The Fast and Furious,’ I was like, ‘This is a small movie about cars.
It’s a really fun summer project,” she told Collider.
“I thought it was totally a one and done film.
Brewster shared with Collider.
“I’m really hard on myself,” Brewster toldPeople.
“I have a great community of moms with so much support,” Brewster said inPeople.
“The more resources and the more tools you might give, the better,” she added.
“It’s just giving kids access to what they wouldn’t usually have.”
PerET, the two “quietly separated” that March.
The divorce was finalized the following year.
She shared with People, “We communicate better as co-parents than we did as husband and wife.
… there’s no acrimony, which I think really helps.”
I didn’t look closely at my career, my marriage.”
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It turned out the pair had more in common than she initially realized.
The couple got engaged in September of 2021, with Brewster making a cute announcement onInstagram.
“JB soon to be JBM,” the actor captioned the pic, referring to her initials.
The symbolism of that meant a lot to me,” she toldVogue.
“It just gets very intense and then sometimes it’s less intense,” she toldPeoplein 2021.
And while their relationship was always platonic, Brewster did develop a small crush on Walker.
“I think on many levels, he knew,” the actor said in a separate chat withE!
“I think I’m not going to do that as much because it’s not fair.
They’re not consenting to it.
So, I’m going to stop that,” the actor told the host, therapist Amy Morin.
And it sounds like he had a blast.
“He was so good,” Brewster toldAccess.
“He then wore the uniform that he had, his costume, for days.
He was so proud.”
Rather, she was more than ready to turn the big 4-0 in 2020.
“I’m an old soul.
“The actresses I most admire are in their 40s and 50s,” she shared with Us Weekly.
“The roles are more complex.
For a while, I was sidelined to the girlfriend or the good-girl parts.
I’m having more fun now than I did in my 20s.”
But it’s not only Brewster’s professional life that has gotten more exciting with age.
Her personal life has changed considerably, as Brewster explained in her aforementioned Glamour essay.
“At 40, I cracked myself open and put it all on the line.
You’ve got to love to see someone not only accept age but revel in it.
