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"Elizabeth Banks surprised fans last March when she announced the arrival of her son Felix, born via surrogate. But according to the 37-year-old Hunger Games star, her family&amp;apos;s new addition was a long time coming.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;It was a womb issue for me. Embryos wouldn&amp;apos;t implant,&amp;quot; Banks tells the February issue of Lucky. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s a big leap, inviting this person into your life to do this amazing, important thing for you. And it&amp;apos;s hard losing that kind of control. But our surrogate is so extraordinary, and she&amp;apos;s still in our lives. She like an auntie.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nBanks, who fell &amp;quot;madly in love&amp;quot; with husband Max Handelman at age 18, hopes her son maintains his sense of wonder and adventure as he grows up.\r\n&amp;quot;My plan is that when Felix is 15, we&amp;apos;ll go skydiving together,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;I mean, the guy is fierce and fearless, and I&amp;apos;m hoping he stays that way. Because I want to be that mom. The one who takes her kid skydiving.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nUntil then, Banks is focusing on her acting career -- which includes a role in the highly-anticipated Hunger Games trilogy and a new TV show, Dave&amp;apos;s Dead.\r\n&amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s a buddy comedy,&amp;quot; Banks says of Dave&amp;apos;s Dead. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s basically Two and a Half Men but if Charlie Sheen were dead and constantly in a different body.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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