Alias star Jennifer Garner — aka Mrs. Scott Foley (A.U.S.A.) —
has come a long way, baby. She went from playing Felicity's mousy Hannah
to feisty Sydney on ABC's spy thriller, and now it's on to comic-book
heroine Elektra in Daredevil. But will all this kung fu kickass typecast
Garner as an action chick?
"I did go through [worries about] that," the 30-year-old beauty
tells TV Guide Online. "'Is it so boring? Is that what's expected
of me? Should I do the opposite?' Then, I thought, 'Why? I really want
to do the movie. I want to do this! I want to work with Ben Affleck and
learn what this movie has to teach me.' In the end, it was a no brainer."
Alias fans needn't fret about losing Garner to the movies, though. "I'll
stay really as long as the writing stays as sharp as it is, and as emotional
as it is," she smiles. "And as long as [ABC] keeps picking us
up, I'll be there."
The actress clearly was pleased by the post-Super Bowl episode, when
Alias shed some of its murky mythology by allowing CIA mole Sydney to
destroy SD-6, the terrorist cell where she worked as a double agent. "It
blows the walls off and we can do anything now," she enthuses. "We're
not restricted by, 'Some people can't know this and some people have to
know this...' It does make the show less confusing and more accessible
to people, and that's great. It was time for us to evolve."
Now, fans wait in suspense for Syd to realize that roommate Francie (Merrin
Dungey) has been killed — and replaced with a devious double! Will
we see these lethal ladies bare their claws? "Me and Bad Francie?"
Garner chuckles. "I don't want to fight Merrin. She wants to fight
me; I don't want to fight her. Fighting girls hurts! I'm not afraid I'd
hurt her. . . It's just we have less meat on our bones, so it hurts. There's
no padding!" — Daniel R. Coleridge
