is that he pulls you into a fight like that. Garner recalled, "The great thing about J.J. We're gonna pass on her because we just, unfortunately, don't think she's hot enough.' That was my feedback."Ĭue a look of well-contained exasperation from Jim Halpert.Ībrams still had to fight to cast Garner because, as executive producer Jeff Pinkner remembered, "ABC at the time was not interested" due to her lack of meaty prior experience. And the feedback that my agent got was like, 'Jenna blew us away. "So I went in and I read for the role," Fischer recalled, "and my scene that I had to audition with was this really emotional, dramatic scene where I'm crying… I think, like about my mother. "You know, I auditioned for the role of Sidney Bristow on Alias and I got really far," Fischer shared with former co-star Angela Kinsey on a September 2020 episode of their Office Ladies podcast while they rehashed the episode in which Dwight admits the only stripper he's ever encountered was one of Sydney's alter egos. There was still an audition process and Jenna Fischer of future Pam fame on The Office was also in the running to dash about in stilettos. Not that Garner was automatically recruited for the top job. But there was no one else I really considered but her." Magoo? Dude, Where's My Car?'"Īdmittedly, Abrams told TV Line for an Alias oral history in 2016, when he wrote the pilot he "was trying not to think of Jen because I wanted Sydney to be her own thing that then Jen could bring to life, or whomever. She recalled to USA Today in 2002, "I asked, 'What did you see me in that made you think I could do this. There was a spark, and I just thought giving her the opportunity to do something that was sort of bold and out there and kickass and fun would just be exciting to see, because I just thought that she had that."Ĭonsidering she had to audition five times before she was cast as Hannah for one episode of Felicity (the character made two subsequent appearances), color Garner surprised. "There was this promise about her," Abrams told E! News in October 2001, "like this light. Abrams had first encountered the actress, whose biggest gigs to date included playing Jennifer Love Hewitt's roommate on the short-lived Time of Your Life, when she guest-starred on Felicity, which Abrams co-created with Matt Reeves. The inspiration for the character of Sydney Bristow? Jennifer Garner.Īlias creator J.J. 30 premiere.īut with every episode a roller-coaster ride turning what you thought you knew about a character on its head, that coveted 18-to-49 demographic kept coming back for more. Abrams quipped to E! News in 2001 not long after the show's Sept. "It is a ludicrous premise," series creator J.J. Which, she thought she was. Sydney's mom had died (mysteriously, it turns out) and Victor Garber played her dad, who was only holding her at arm's length for so long because he too was a double agent. Considering there is not a single picture to prove that Jennifer Garner has aged since her days on Alias, it's hard to believe the action-, romance- and wig-packed ABC spy drama premiered 20 years ago.īut it indeed has been that long since Garner assumed the role of Sydney Bristow, mild-mannered grad student by day and slick undercover agent always, whose attempt at a so-called normal life immediately spins out of control when her boss at what turns out to be a branch of an international crime syndicate finds out she told her fiancé she's in the CIA.
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