Jessica Alba’s no stranger to dangerous foes — the Silver Surfer, the Yellow Bastard, that SOB Dane Cook (we kid!) — but Alba’s biggest ever cinematic enemy might very well wind up being the smallest. “Me and Verne [Troyer] go at it a lot!” Alba said of her upcoming “The Love Guru” co-star. “We’re going to be very mean to each other. We’ve had some combative words.” Check out our full Jessica Alba interview here.

Alba and Troyer square off in Mike Myers’ “The Love Guru,” which the 26-year-old Alba began filming last week. Verne plays the coach of a Toronto hockey team while Jessica laces up as the owner. “Basically my family is cursed,” she explained. “Ever since we’ve owned this hockey team they can’t win a Stanley Cup. They all blame me.” (After the jump, video of Alba discussing her date with Troyer.)

And as any Canadian could tell you - all’s fair in love and hockey. “My character has a hard time getting a date and a hard time with guys because everyone hates her,” Alba — who it will be pointed out umpteen times before this movie comes out never faces a problem like this in real life — revealed. “She’s a ballbuster and a survivor [and winds up] falling for the love guru. He kind of balances her out.”

OK, really though, forget that. She’s gonna slug Mini-Me. “He’s offensive!” Alba mock swore.