The actress has been preparing for her role in upcoming movie, Sucker Punch, which is a action movie set in the 1950's. Vanessa told People: "I trained with Navy Seals for five months. "It was the most intense thing that anyone could ever do."The workouts have prepared Vanessa for the role which will see her walking “around with the biggest guns [we] have ever seen."She said; "I was bawling my eyes out because they push you so hard.

"But it’s amazing what you find from it. When you go so far you find a certain Zen within that and you know you can do anything. It’s very empowering."Sucker Punch will be released in 2011 but before that we'll see Vanessa in Beastly, which the actress described as a “modern, sexy” take on Beauty and the Beast.