Jessica BielJessica Biel has revealed she regrets going topless for a photo shoot early in her career.

The I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry star agreed to strip for a magazine shoot in 2000 when she was 18, to help shed the “goody-goody” image she’d acquired while on the US television series 7th Heaven. The show’s producers disapproved of her decision and her role on the show was severely cut back, from a full cast member to a guest star.

Jessica has now said: “It was supposed to show me being sexier and more mature.

“The idea was: ‘Look at me - I am a woman, growing up.’ I had male managers at the time, who were really excited about the photo shoot.

“The truth is, though, I was in way over my head.

“I remember calling my dad and saying: ‘I screwed up. I went too far and did not stand up for myself.’”