Brooklyn rocked a Maje skirt and top paired with Giambattista Valli shoes while visiting the Today show studio to promote her new movie “What to Expect When You’re Expecting” on Wednesday (May 9) in NYC. Brooklyn also chatted about her other movie ‘Battleship’, and how she was eventually cast in the action flick.

Just being a gorgeous, onetime Sports Illustrated model doesn’t mean directors are automatically blown away when you decide to become an actress. Nope, as Brooklyn Decker, co-star of the upcoming “Battleship” movie discovered, it takes something special, from your insides.

Like snot bubbles.

“They kept bringing me in [for auditions] and telling me I wasn’t tough enough,” reported Decker (who is also co-starring in “What to Expect When You’re Expecting”) during a TODAY appearance Wednesday morning. “And I’m just thinking, this is torture.”

So how could she prove herself? The director gave her a specific instruction. “My director said, ‘You have to make snot bubbles if you want this part.’”

“I had to make snot bubbles come from my nose,” she said, and while she didn’t replicate the process, her interviewers — Ann Curry, Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie — were suitably grossed out.

Brooklyn attended New York City premiere of her film ‘What to Expect When You’re Expecting’ at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on Tuesday (May 8). She wore a Calvin Klein Collection dress and shoes paired with Jennifer Fisher jewelry. The film is slated to hit theaters on May 18. Check out all the premiere photos in our gallery!

Brooklyn was a guest of designer Tory Burch on Monday night (May 7) for the 2012 MET Gala held in New York City. Brooklyn hit the red carpet in a Tory Burch knife-pleated slate blue silk tulle and crepe gown with hand-embroidered floral appliqués and House of Lavande jewels. Photos have been added to our gallery!

Brooklyn Decker, Jennifer Lopez, Cameron Diaz, Elizabeth Banks, and Anna Kendrick are all smiles on the cover of Redbook magazine’s June 2012 issue, on newsstands May 15th. In the interview, the stars open up about their experiences with relationships, marriage and motherhood. Here’s what Brooklyn had to share:

I would hope I’m in a position where I have a guy who is going to be helping me all the way through-even when I’m moody and craving ice cream at 12 a.m. It didn’t take me long to know that Andy was the guy I was going to marry, and [what kind of dad he'd be] absolutely went through my mind when making that decision.

Check out scans and photos from the issue in our gallery!

While promoting her new movie, “Battleship,” Brooklyn talks with Access’ Shaun Robinson about her other film, “What to Expect When You’re Expecting.” So, after filming a movie about expectant mothers, does it make her want to have kids?

The stars of ‘Battleship’ attended the photo call at the Battleship Missouri Memorial on April 28 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Brooklyn (wearing Dolce & Gabbana), Taylor Kitsch, Rihanna, Alexander Skarsgard and director Peter Berg met up with Col. Gregory D. Gadson, who serves as the director of the U.S. Army Wounded Warrior Program.

Brooklyn attended CinemaCon 2012 held at Caesars Palace on April 25 in Las Vegas. During the convention she met up with American Pie‘s Eugene Levy. Brooklyn wore a bright colorblock dress by Honor. She finished off her look with classic black Christian Louboutin pumps and Jennifer Fisher bracelet. See photos!

Brooklyn Decker and her husband, tennis pro Andy Roddick, have plans to start a family down the road – and it will include their own biological kids as well as adopted children, according to the model.

“I want to adopt a child or a baby with an intellectual disability one day,” Decker tells Canadian magazine Flare. “I mean, that’s in the distant future, but that’s always been a goal of mine.”

Brooklyn said she was inspired to do so by her aunt, a Special Olympics athlete.

“Unfortunately a lot of kids with intellectual disabilities are given up for adoption when they’re born ’cause it’s a lot for a family,” she told Flare.

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