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Her first movie of 2007 was Next, a sci-fi thriller, playing jessica biel gear magazine photos alongside Nicolas Cage and Julianne Moore. Biel then played in the summer comedy, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry co-starring opposite Adam Sandler and Kevin James. Like her earlier film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Chuck and Larry received mixed reviews but went straight to number 1 at the box-office.

In 2000, during the 4th season of 7th Heaven, Biel commented that she grew tired of playing the wholesome preacher's kid, and blamed the show for giving her a squeaky-clean image, which caused her to lose out on a role in American Beauty, the part later went to Thora Birch. In a last ditch attempt to be let out of her contract, she posed semi-nude for the cover of Gear magazine. Fans and the producers were outraged, and the shoot also sparked a lot of controversy, as Biel was still a minor at the time, but Aaron Spelling made it clear that Biel would be staying with the show until her contract was due to expire (although, she appeared in minimal episodes in season 5, due to her attending college jessica biel nude images out of state). She has now claimed that she regrets the Gear shoot, but considers it a learning experience.

In 2001 she played the love interest of Freddie Prinze Jr in the baseball themed movie, Summer Catch. The next year she starred stemberger julia as promiscuous college student Lara in the ensemble, The Rules of Attraction, a film adaptation of the Bret Easton Ellis novel of the same name.