Elizabeth Banks' 'very easy' surrogacy choice

Elizabeth Banks says surrogacy was a "very easy" decision once she had got over the initial realisation that she wasn't going to be pregnant.

Elizabeth Banks says surrogacy was a "very easy" decision.

The 'Hunger Games' actress and her sports writer and producer husband Max Handelman became parents to 10-month-old baby Felix via a gestational surrogate last year, and she admits it was a simple choice to make once she had got over the initial realisation that she wasn't going to be pregnant.

She told Women's Health magazine: "It helps that other moms had said that once they had their babies, they forgot they were ever pregnant.

"So once my focus became the baby and not the pregnancy, it was a very easy decision."

The 37-year-old star - who has been married to Max, who she co-owns a production company with, for nine years - believes her "amazing" marriage will be "long-lasting" partly because the couple are able to spend time with each other at work.

She added: "Working together provides a lot of balance in our life and it's a way for us to [see each other], because I travel so much for work.