Jessica Alba didn't bare all in Sin City for a good reason — she didn't want to answer to her father.

"I felt like dancing around with the lasso and chaps was going to be sexy enough," she told the Boston Sunday Globe. "Being nude, for me, would have been distracting, and I couldn't even conceive of being bottomless: My dad would disown me or something — he'd freak out."

Alba, the heroine of the TV series Dark Angel, stars in the film alongside Rosario Dawson, Carla Gugino, Jaime King and Brittany Murphy. All show up in various stages of undress.

But Alba defends the film from accusations that it is misogynistic. "The women are completely empowered," Alba said. "It's not just women being victimized. It's everybody."

Alba, 23, has two more movies coming out in July: "Into the Blue" and "The Fantastic Four," another film based on a comic book. "That's a huge one, and there's a lot of pressure."

What could be next?

"I love kitchen-sink dramas," she said. "I never get offered them, but I want to do something small, that's less glamorous and more character-driven. But you know, this is a nice balance right now."