Jenna Elfman 'liked not being pregnant in Friends With Benefits'

Jenna Elfman has said that she was relieved not to be playing a pregnant character in Friends With Benefits.

The actress, who welcomed son Easton Quinn in May 2010 and also played an expectant mother on the cancelled CBS comedy Accidentally On Purpose, said that she was happy to take on a normal role without the pregnancy element.

Elfman told People: "It was nice to act not pregnant, frankly, because I had just done a whole season pregnant, I was like, 'I do not have a baby in my belly, let me go act. Please'.

"When the opportunity came up to play Justin Timberlake's sister, I thought that would be a lot of fun. I had also just had my second kid and I was really looking forward to getting out of the house."

Elfman also shared her thoughts on whether or not a real-life 'friends with benefits' situation is feasible, adding: "I really don't see how it could work. I don't speak from the first-hand experience of trying to have a 'friends with benefits' relationship, but I speak first-hand of having a 20-year relationship, and I know what it takes."

Elfman has been married to husband Bodhi Elfman for 16 years.

Watch the trailer for Friends With Benefits, which is out now in the US and opens on September 9 in the UK, below: