Eva Mendes: "My Debut Film Performance Was Appalling"  6/9/07

Actress Eva Mendes is urging fans to rent her movie debut Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror - because her performance is dreadful.

Mendes was in her early twenties when she made the horror sequel, and now laughs at how unconvincing she was.

The 33-year-old says, "If you want to experience some truly terrible acting on my part - basically a guide to what not to do on screen - I suggest you rush out and rent Children Of The Corn V right away.

"The scene where I find out my boyfriend killed himself? I beg you to remember it was my first time on camera ever, and everybody's got to get their start somewhere."