Question: So are we going to see you dress up next Comic-Con?

Mendes: You know what, that'd be interesting. I think I will. You're talking to a girl...I was a taco for Halloween. Talk about not having qualms about anything. I wore a taco suit that had lettuce going out that way. I was a taco going that way. My head came out of the thing. What should I be though? I'm not familiar with all the characters.

Question: Wonder Woman?

Mendes: No, but that's too sexy. I want to be something different. Think taco, but like a superhero.

Question: The film has a strong beauty and the beast theme. How is it different from other films that portray that theme?

Mendes: It's just better. (laughs) That's it. It's just better. No. How is it different? I think that because visually it's so strong and so captivating and it's such a pleasure for your eyes, and then to have that and then have like a real romantic story going on, I think that's hard to find.

I think that's one of the reasons that Spider-Man did really well. We saw these visuals that were out of control and that we'd never seen some of them before -- and in this movie you haven't seen some of this stuff before-- but then there was a really strong love story there too. That was cool because everything he did was for her, and this movie is very much like that.

Question: Is there real danger for her, not just with the bad guys, but with Johnny himself?

Mendes: Absolutely. That's the thing. It's kind of like you sleep with the devil...You know the saying. I don't want to have to say it. It's just kind of like that, and I think that a lot of women, and men too, but I can't speak for you guys ­ women, we all have problems in our relationships. There are obstacles and this is kind of a major obstacle. Usually you've got to just overcome them. This one is like, "How do you overcome?" It's a tough one.

Question: Have you always been a fan of biker guys, and are you a biker chick?

Mendes: No. I'm not a biker chick, but I'd love to play one. I like edge with my guys. So if it's a bike, great. I think it'd be fun to date one, but it wouldn't be fun to settle down with one because then I would be a worried wreck every night. I'd be like "Call me as soon as you get there." Because it's so dangerous. So the dating aspect of a biker guy is a fun idea.

Question: So you like the bad boy?

Mendes: No. I like good boys that are bad sometimes. I got that down. I know exactly what I like. I've always known. Because I really do at the end of the day like a sweet, good, strong man, but I do like a little edge. A little crooked, a little askew.

Question: Mark says that he gave you a copy of the comic book The Pro and that it interested you?

Mendes: Oh God, yes it did. Did he tell you about The Pro?

Question: That it would be animated? You wouldn't dress like that?

Mendes: Well, the things that she does -- you obviously haven't read it. Come on! There would go my Revlon contract for sure, which I don't want to lose. It's just something that we've kind of been talking about and it would be really fun to do, to play something like that obviously just as the voice of somebody like that.

Question: You know that he's doing The Preacher. Is that something that you'd like to guest star in?

Mendes: I would love to. I love that comic book. It's amazing, that whole idea. So I would love that.

Question: What are your favorite comic books aside from Ghost Rider?

Mendes: Ghost Rider' You know what, I really don't know. I would just say more comic book characters because I'm not that familiar with comic books. So I would say Ghost Rider and I just love the idea of Spider-Man, which is funny because I'm totally arachnophobic, but I think that it'd be cool if one of them bit me and then no one could ever touch me again, and I could be like, "I rule the world!" Is that weird? Am I weird? So, yeah, I'm not totally into that. I just more like the themes. I love good versus evil. I love that. I obviously love good prevailing over evil. So this is really exciting to me.

Question: When the guys who are uber fans start talking about the mythology, do ignore it or do you pretend that you know what you're talking about?

Mendes: No. I just get up and get some coffee and let the boys talk. I'm like, "You guys need anything? You good?" No. They actually educated me quite a bit. It was cool that they were really open to educating me because both of them together, I really couldn't get a word in edgewise if I had a word to put in because they're just so cute together. They could talk comic books for hours and it's really cute.

Question: Did you go back and look at Ghost Rider books?

Mendes: I did actually. I looked back and Roxanne Simpson is obviously very different from me. I was like, "So, she's blonde and she's Caucasian, she's blue-eyed -- not me." But I hope that the comic-book fans don't reject that. I hope that they accept me for another version of Roxanne. So what I did realize what I could do was ­ I swear this is so silly of me, but hopefully it works ­ I realized she was very, very voluptuous in all the comic books. She had massive boobage and hips, sp I was like, "Well, why don't I not watch what I eat so much and let the fun stuff grow." I let the fun stuff grow because at least that way I could give them the voluptuous part. Hopefully they won't be disappointed.

Question: What about working with the FX, were there times when you working opposite nothing, a tennis ball or whatever?

Mendes: Totally.

Question: How was that to do? Challening?

Mendes: You know what, at first you just feel like an idiot to be honest. You feel like a moron because there is nothing there. There is just nothing there, and you're like, "OK, what do I do?" That's where acting class comes in and I study religiously with my coach and that's where that comes into play. I have to go within myself even more so than before. Having Nicolas in front of me is fantastic and I get to work off of so much, but when you're there on your own you're like, "Boy, I need to bring out some issues." You kind of bring out certain things that you're really scared of and that you're really dealing with. So you have to go really deep. It's cool, it's difficult. I definitely like working with actors, but, hey, it's is part of the job. What's really exciting is when you see it all together and you go, "Oh my God, that is so great. It's so cool. It's a burning beast in front of me and I'm getting taken away." So it all comes together.

Question: How hard is it not to laugh at someone with a green ski mask on?

Mendes: It's hysterical. It's so funny. I don't know if he remembers this, but I had this thing that we ended up calling giggle-rama because once I started I couldn't stop because you just felt so silly.

Question: With the voluptuous thing, were you able to relax and not worry about the Hollywood shape?

Mendes: It was so awesome, dude. It's not like I let myself go. It wasn't like I was gaining weight for a role like I was stuffing my face. It was more just like, "Yeah. I'll have that second serving." And, "You know what? I'm tired. I'm not going to the gym today."

Question: Did you feel sexier?

Mendes: I actually did believe it or not because my bajoongas were big. That's a very technical term. (laughs) Yeah, it was really nice. It was like, "Wow, this is cool." It helped me to get into character, let's jut say that.

The Cuban side of me came out. It's the side of me that's dying to come out. It's like, "Come on, please." I'm like, "No! You stay in there you Cuban lady."

Question: How was Australia?

Mendes: Oh, so dangerous. Because it was so much fun. Melbourne is such a fun city. Such a fun city. The Australians are amazing people. I just got on with you so well. The whole no worries thing, I'm so into that whole philosophy. "No worries, mate." It's a very cool thing to adopt.

Question: Aside from your physical transformation, you play a reporter in the movie.

Mendes: I wouldn't call it a physical transformation, but thank you. I love that.

Question: Do we see you playing a reporter a lot. If so, did you model your character on any reporters?

Mendes: I did a little bit, but we really see me in two scenes being a field reporter. The first scene we didn't see today, but it's when I first see Ghost Rider for the first time in 12 years or something. So that was kind of like everything went out the window because I kept trying to hold it together and keep professional. But the man you love is right in front of you and you're talking to him and you're interviewing him. I just went back to 15 right away. So the years of journalism and the experience in field reporting didn't really pay off in that moment. So you don't really see me too much in that.

The only thing that I was really worried about was my voice because I'm very up and down and up and down. I can get really whiny sometimes, which I hate. So I was careful when I did those couple of scenes to keep my voice very strong and not to go up and down. Honestly, there wasn't that much focus on that. So we were more concentrating on playing the human part of her because the second time we see her in that situation she's again ­ it's after he stands her up. So it's more emotional and I play more just this woman, totally in love and frustrated. I'M like, "Goddamn it. Why has this happened to me again and why can't I be with the guy that I love?"

Question: Are you signed for sequels ?

Mendes: You know what, someone just asked me that, but I have no idea for real. I'm like texting my agent, "Am I signed for a sequel?" Is that terrible?

Question: Would you come back to do a sequel?

Mendes: With these guys, yeah. With these guys absolutely. I know I sound like I'm a space cadet.

Question: What did you learn from watching Nicolas when you were done with the movie?

Mendes: That you can take any material and make it your very own and very interesting. What I really learned from him is that you prepare for a scene and you're going to work tomorrow to do that scene, and you don't know what the other person is going to do, but you expect that the scene is going to go a certain way and it's written in a certain way.

He would come in every time and he would flip those lines and he would played the not-obvious part of the line. I thought, "God, this is so interesting." I was like, "How do you do that? I want to do that!" It's so cool that he can turn everything on its head and that's what I really learned about him. It justwas to not play the obvious scene and to really take chances, and make the choices differently.

Question: How is Mark as an action director compared to Rodriguez and Singleton?

Mendes: Oh my God, they're all kind of similar in the sense that they're all little boys.which is really cool to see these grown men become little boys and play around. But Mark, he and I, we are like are the same. We're so similar. He would say something and I would just say, "Got it." We were such on the same wavelength. I was just there from day one. From Peeky Toe Crab, I was there.

Question: This is third film, but biggest. Did you ever get the feeling that he was ever over his head at times?

Mendes: No, no, not at all. Mark makes you very, very comfortable as far as him being able to handle it. He handles things with ease. He's got it. I don't doubt my director. Once I'm in, I'm in. I'm like that because it would make things so much more complicated. Even if you don't agree with your director, I don't doubt my director. I almost kind of relinquish power when I get there to some degree because I just go, "This is your thing. I'm a part of it. I'm just a part of your whole vision." So in a sense I'm there for you, and then I don't get blamed when the movie sucks. (laughs)