Jennifer Garner is opening up about her “emotional” audition for Felicity, which led to her crying within the lavatory afterward.
The 13 Happening 30 star, who made a visitor look as Hannah Bibb, the ex-girlfriend of Noel Crane (Scott Foley), within the J.J. Abrams and Matt Reeves-created sequence, lately locked again at her audition for what “will need to have been the breakup scene.”
“I keep in mind the audition. I keep in mind going into the toilet after as a result of the scene was so emotional and I wanted to cry,” she stated on The Ringer’s Pricey Felicity podcast. “I wanted to cover within the lavatory stall and end the cry that I began within the audition as a result of it was such a robust scene.”
Garner claimed Abrams made her come again later to re-audition for the function, to which podcast host and former Felicity star Greg Grunberg quipped, “That is smart to me, since you’re not superb. I completely get it. I imply, notes, notes — you realize what? Let me give her a block of notes to take dwelling.”
The Alias alum responded, “I do want that, although. I’ve all the time cherished a ton of suggestions. I like that about working with J.J. and with Matt. They’re useful and they’re true administrators. They aren’t similar to, ‘Okay, that appears advantageous. You’ve gotten one other one in you?’ They’ve an concept, they usually’re serving to information you to the perfect model of no matter you present up with.”
“That was true within the audition course of as effectively,” Garner added. “After the primary learn, then I actually was invested and was like, ‘Oh gosh, I actually wanna do that.’”
Garner’s character Hannah Bibb appeared in seasons one and 4 of the drama sequence, which ran from 1998 to 2002.