Everyone knows how talented Jennifer Garner really is, especially Greg Grunberg, who joked with his former colleague, saying he understands why she needed a ton of direction from J.J. Abrams during the audition process. “That makes sense to me, because you’re not very good,” Grunberg quipped. “I totally get it. I mean, notes, notes — you know what? Let me give her a block of notes to take home.”
The joke was on Grunberg, though; Garner said she actually does really value notes from directors. “I do need that, though,” she replied. “I’ve always loved a ton of feedback. I love that about working with J.J. and with Matt [Reeves]. They are helpful and they are true directors. They aren’t just like, ‘Okay, that seems fine. You have another one in you?’ They have an idea, and they’re helping guide you to the best version of whatever you show up with.”
Ultimately, Garner said that receiving a lot of feedback during her audition process for “Felicity” really helped … and even across just three episodes as Hannah Bibb, she clearly made an impression on Abrams, who created the series that would catapult Garner to superstardom.