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ML EXCLUSIVE! now in 2012, which is really good. More than ever, in the United States, they find themselves in sex worker positions, so we thought that that was really interesting to sort of explore," Jennifer says as she rests her bottled water down beside her. Jennifer and her manager propelled the original film into production after stumbling on articles of the subject matter nearly five years ago. Intrigued, they felt that there was a story that needed to be told here. Pulling from her own life, the show is set in the state she grew up in, Texas —allowing Jennifer to return to her "real accent"— and features a myriad of characters loosely based on people she knows. "My character Riley is what I pictured. My mom was a single mom with two kids, so much of who Riley is emotionally really feels like my mom to me, so that's really fun for me to do everyday. I feel like I get to go back and get to know maybe a piece of my mom that I wasn't alive for yet, which is really nice —other than the massage parlor aspect of it, obviously," Jennifer laughs. "That's not like my mom, at all. My mom would kill me right now. She'd be like, 'Um, please don't say that.' I mean emotionally, not professionally," she corrects playfully. Jennifer also has her hand in the show's overall creation: executive producing, casting, and intends to direct an episode. "It creates a lot to do during the day. This is the most I've been able to just sort of sit down with one person in months," she tells me. Really? I ask. "Oh yeah, this is the first time I've been one-on-one in months. Usually this trailer is filled with people and it's a line! Somebody's like, 'We need to ask you this question.' And I give an answer. And they're like, 'Great. Have a good day. We'll be back in an hour.' And I sit and I'm like, 'Ok.'" Her words spill out hurriedly, indicative of the pace she's encumbered by. "And another person comes in and they're like, 'Can we…? We need to talk about a meeting.' I'm like, 'Ok. Ok.' And before I know it, 14 or 15 hours have gone by. My day is over. I acted in between. It's been crazy, but good," she assures me, smiling. Being wholly involved in the process of developing a television series has been "eye-opening" for Jennifer, giving her a deeper appreciation for her craft, the material she works with, and the show's evolution. Los Angeles' skyline is punctuated with The Client List billboards featuring Jennifer's come-hither visage, prodding people to tune in on Sundays at 10/9c. Enticing audiences is nothing new for Jennifer, whose allure tastefully teeters between girl-next-door innocence and salacious seductress and has been highlighted in films like Heartbreakers, I Know What You Did Last Summer, and The Tuxedo. Her curvaceous figure inspired the famous lyrics, "Your Body is a Wonderland" penned by past love interest, singer- songwriter John Mayer (I ask if she has the song on her iPod. "I do. He's so talented. His music is crazy talented. It's amazing," she remarks.), has landed her on Maxim's Hot 100 list a number of times and made her a Maxim cover girl. Maxim's April 2012 issue was her fourth cover. When you're lauded as one of the sexiest women in Hollywood, unfortunately, the spotlight exposes you to unabashed scrutiny. One second the media is raving about you and the next they're 60 MIAMI LIVING