Jennifer Garner talks about the “sadness” of teenage daughter Violet Affleck, 15, who grows up … while admitting that children call her a “funny killer”
Golden Globe winner Jennifer Garner revealed that the most personal parallel to her new film Yes Day was her relationship with her 15-year-old daughter Violet Affleck.
“I’ve never made a film in which I drew more from personal experience,” the 48-year-old mother admitted at Monday’s episode of SiriusXM’s The Jess Cagle Show.
The first draft [of the script] he really had the teenager [played by Jenna Ortega] being clever and really nasty and causing trouble.
Inspiration: Golden Globe winner Jennifer Garner revealed the most personal parallel of her new film Yes Day: Her Relationship with Her 15-Year-Old Daughter, Violet Affleck (R)
The 48-year-old mother, 48, admitted to Monday’s episode of SiriusXM’s The Jess Cagle Show: “I’ve never made a movie where I never drew more from personal experience.”
“So there was that kind of external pressure and he kept saying,‘ No! The lack of love is that it is growing. This is what tears! “
Jennifer continued, “It’s heartbreaking for mom and teen, and you just need to have that kind of break from those babymama ties. That’s what’s so hard. You don’t have to be an idiot. It’s still harder to be charming.
Violet was only 6 years old when Garner began turning the philosophy of Amy Krouse Rosenthal’s book into a real-life family tradition.
“My kids call me‘ the funny killer, ’that’s in the movie,” the West Virginia-born Texas star noted.
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Jennifer recalled, ‘The first draft [of the script] he really had the teenager [played by Jenna Ortega] being clever and really nasty and causing trouble. So there was that kind of external pressure and I kept saying, “No! The lack of love is growing. That’s what’s tearing it apart!”
Garner continued, “It’s heartbreaking for mom and teen, and you just need to have that kind of break from those babymama ties. That’s what’s so hard. You don’t have to be an idiot. It’s still harder to be lovely ‘
Nine years and counting! Violet (R, illustrated April 13) was just 6 years old when the Texas-born star Virginia began turning the philosophy of Amy Krouse Rosenthal’s 2009 book into a real-life family tradition.
Jennifer pointed out, “My kids call me the ‘funny killer’ in the movie. And as they grow up, more fun for them is making fun of me or torturing me. small, broke simpler rules’
April 1 family portrait: Aside from Violet, Garner has two younger children: 12-year-old daughter Seraphina (2-L); and her 9-year-old son Samuel (R) from her ten-year marriage to Ben Affleck, which ended in 2018
“And as they grow older, more fun for them is to make fun of me or torture me. Whereas when they were little, they broke simpler rules.
Aside from Violet, Jen has two younger children: 12-year-old daughter Seraphina; and her 9-year-old son Samuel from her ten-year marriage to Ben Affleck, which ended in 2018.
The Garner executive produced and starred in Allison Torres, a mother of three, in Miguel Arteta’s comedy, which premiered last Friday on Netflix.
Yes Day currently has a poor critical approval rating of 44% (out of 39 reviews) and a 59% audience share on Rotten Tomatoes.
It premiered last Friday on Netflix. The 13th executive of Going where 30 produced and acted as the mother of three children married to Allison Torres in the comedy of Miguel Arteta (M)
Wow! Yes Day currently has a poor critical approval rating of 44% (out of 39 reviews) and a 59% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes