The 30-year-old actress donned a Louis Vuitton nylon swimsuit with David Yurman 18k gold and citrine bracelets for the front page shot while chatting about everything from her teen years to her girl-on-girl action in "Total Recall".
Highlights from Miss Biel's interview are as follows. For more, be sure to pay a visit to W!
On the first movie she remembers seeing:
"The Goonies. I never identified with girls, and the cast was all boys. Girls were nervous about going into caves; they were scaredy-cats—and I wasn’t into that at all. I loved the idea of being with a crew and having an adventure. I was really interested in pits full of snakes."
On how she got her start in acting:
"When I was 11, I was in a competition sponsored by the International Modeling and Talent Association. You paid a certain amount of money and they taught you to walk a runway, present a comedic monologue, a dramatic monologue, a dance routine, and a song. My runway look was a one-piece bathing suit, a top hat, and a bow tie. The competition was in L.A., and afterward I got a manager and an agent. I tried out for a billion things, and after three years, I was cast on the show 7th Heaven."
On if she was a rebel during her teen years:
"I cut my hair supershort and dyed it blonde. I had to apologize to Aaron Spelling [the producer] for doing that. He wasn’t happy. When I turned 17 or 18, a really obnoxious friend sent a stripper to the set. I had to apologize for that too. The show was all about family values, and they took that position seriously. I was always apologizing."
On her girl-on-girl action in 'Total Recall':
"Fun—so fun! Our fight scene isn’t overtly sexy: just two trained fighters who happen to be women kicking the **** out of each other. It could be two dudes, but we just happened to have long hair and boobs and…other things [laughs