TV Guide Online
November 26, 2003
Alias Star Vs. Stalkerazzi
by Daniel R. Coleridge
Ain't fame a beeyatch? Just look at Jennifer Garner. This 31-year-old actress has come far since playing mousy Hannah on Felicity. She spied her way to stardom in ABC's Alias, then confirmed her spot on Hollywood's A-list by doing Daredevil with Ben Affleck. On the downside, Garner faces the tabs and their relentless paparazzi, who salivate over her personal life — including her recent split from husband Scott Foley and subsequent hook-up with Alias leading man Michael Vartan — on a weekly basis. How rough is that?
"Luckily for me, most of the time, I'm here [on the Alias set]," she says. "It's very easy to live my life here, because this crew has been with me for three years. They really look after me emotionally, as well as taking care of my day-to-day physical needs."
Apart from the lovely paychecks, of course, it's Garner's bond with boss J.J. Abrams — who created Felicity and Alias — that made her sign on to play super-spy Sydney Bristow through 2007. "The main thing that starts with J.J. and works its way down is a familial atmosphere," she enthuses. "It was that way on Felicity as well. It's why people want to work with him again and again, and it's why he uses actors again and again, because he must believe in this kind of family setting...
"I've really leaned on this crew for support," she adds. "And as far as the photographers at my house, they've chilled out. Of course, I don't like it, but I wasn't ignorant [of the consequences] when I took the role. And the good so outweighs the bad. What are you gonna do?"
So despite the public breakup and all the messy fallout, Garner seems to have her head in the right place. "You know, life is good," she smiles. "My house is not on fire. It has been an incredibly hard year, but it's gonna be okay." — Additional reporting by Shawna Malcom
For more on Garner, pick up this week's issue of TV Guide magazine, on sale now.
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