Zoe Saldana is smoking hot on the cover of The Hollywood Reporter, as she wears a gold top with a low neckline, and some elegant gold bangles. The Guardians of the Galaxy star has a career that is just as hot, with her previous two blockbuster movies: Avatar and Star Trek, which have been both a critical and commercial success. Worldwide, these two movies have grossed a combined $5 billion.

And she is poised to accomplish this feat for the third time. Her upcoming film, Guardians of the Galaxy is the latest big budget, sci-fi Marvel movie to be released. Saldana will be playing Gamora, the adopted daughter of the supervillain Thanos.

In the interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the 36-year-old actress reveals plenty of showbiz insider secrets, such as the difficulty she experienced on the set of Pirates of the Caribbean, because of the "politics" at play. She also explained how she was able achieve the near-impossible feat of appearing in three major blockbuster movies.

Saldana says, "You just gravitate naturally to what your heart yearns for. And I grew up in a very science fiction-driven household. It was odd for me to grow up and go out in the world and not see other women going crazy for science fiction ..." Which is why she was a natural for the role in those three big sci-fi movies of recent years.

She also shares in the same interview, that although she was not a Star Trek fan growing up, her sci-fi movies of choice were Terminator, Aliens, and The Hunger.

Another Zoe Saldana hot topic is of course the plot and spoilers for the upcoming Avatar sequels (there are three in the works). When asked about any detail she can divulge about the upcoming movies, Saldana said that she its theme would be more on the spiritual level. As for the plot, she says she is as clueless as everyone. "I wish I knew! I've been told by Jim [Cameron] that it'll be about an overall spiritual journey, but I don't have a script," Saldana replied.