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Jennifer Garnermarked her 50th birthday with an extraordinary party that she likened to “a wedding for myself,” but she says turning 51 will have a slightly less extravagant vibe.
“I mean 51 is a lot less exciting than 50,” the actress said, adding she was “going to plant trees” with friends.
Garner didn’t elaborate on which friends would be planting trees, but her 50th birthday well-wishers included stars such asReese Witherspoon,Rita Wilson, Maria Shriver, andIna Garten.
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This love of food was another topic of discussion onExtra. Garner was asked if her popular Instagram posts, which she has dubbed the “Pretend Cooking Show,” could become a television series.
“That’s as much as I’m going to do is do Pretend Cooking Show… once a month is about right,” the13 Going on 30actress said. “If I did it all the time… I would start to have to perform it and instead, you’re really just with me as I’m cooking or baking something.”
The duo also spoke about their upcoming Apple+ project together, which Dave adapted and co-created with Josh Singer.
Garner said it was a role she wanted as soon as hearingJulia Robertshad dropped out. Garner went on a letter-writing campaign, which turned out to be a success.
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“I just wrote how I felt and why, you know, why this resonated with me, and it’s not something I had done — certainly in recent memory and, or if ever — and I just kind of put it all out there. And luckily for me, I had an advocate inReese[Witherspoon, who is an executive producer], I had an advocate in Laura and Josh, or advocates in Laura and, Josh and then Lauren Neustadter, our producer. So, I was very lucky to be here.”
The Last Thing He Told Me, based on author Dave’s 2021 novel, sees Garner’s character Hannah forging a relationship with her 16-year-old stepdaughter Bailey (Angourie Rice) to unearth the truth surrounding her husband Owen’s (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) disappearance.
source: people.com
