Like peanut butter and jelly or iPhones and unexpected roaming charges, it’s hard to imagine Jennifer Garner without J.J. Abrams. The dynamic duo go all the way back to “Felicity,” through 105 episodes of “Alias” and beyond.
“He rocks; I would do anything for him,” she said of her friend. And now, as his highly-anticipated “Star Trek” reboot continues to film, Garner wants to go where few actresses have gone before.
“I just want to be a Klingon in the movie,” the A-list “Juno” star pleaded, insisting that she’d even take a cameo. “I just want to walk through [the frame] as a Klingon.”
Of course, no one will confirm that the hairy, wrinkly-foreheaded aliens are even in next winter’s “Trek” (unless Garner just coughed up something Abrams told her). Either way, the actress said she’s something of a Trekkie herself, and can’t wait to see what J.J. brings to outer space.
“J.J. is kind of like Juno,” she laughed, referencing Ellen Page’s quick-witted character in her current movie. “It’s just his energy, his personality, and he’s as smart as anybody I’ve ever met. Both funny and nice.”
On a semi-related note, Garner also spoke with us about the thank you credit in “Gone Baby Gone,” in which her husband Ben listed her as “Jennifer Affleck”. “No [I’m not changing my name], that was just kind of him thanking me,” she revealed. “It was because, the way that I helped in that movie was not as a professional person, it was as a wife. That was sweet though, right?”
Cue the “awwws” and sound up the violins - but if Garner truly wants to portray a warrior alien who lives by the motto “Revenge is a dish best served cold,” she’ll need to drop the sweet stuff. So, we’ll be expecting a “Jennifer Garner” credit, okay J.J.?




January 4th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
A few months ago, I thought Garner said Star Trek was for geeks and she didn’t wanna be painted as one.
I guess all the big buzz about the Star Trek flick is changing her mind. Either that - or she pissed off JJ with the remark and now is trying to make nice.
January 4th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
^^^^^^^^^^
she never said that!
January 4th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
When I read the title of this post I thought, please make her a Klingon…
If they stuck with the 60’s Klingon she would even be sexy. Little redish bronze body paint and Vulcan brows. And don’t give her a cameo. Let her KICK SOME ASS!
January 6th, 2008 at 7:45 am
I think Jennifer Garner is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen, much too good for Ben Afflek. I also believe that she is the current, best actress and can play any part and play it well. I think they should give her any part in any movie, including Star Trek XI, even the star role. Her smile melts my heart.
January 7th, 2008 at 10:49 am
Oh great… another sign that Abrams may be making Trek more like Alias?!?? Alias was a show that CONSTANTLY condoned the use of torture and other civil and human rights violations. Star Trek has an ethic and morality which is opposed to such things and Abrams had better respect that.
http://trekkies.againsttorture.com