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, “I have an amazing marriage and it will be long-lasting. I think I’m a good mom.”