Jennifer Garner in 13 Going On 30.Photo:Tracy Bennett/Columbia Tri Star/Kobal/Shutterstock
Tracy Bennett/Columbia Tri Star/Kobal/Shutterstock
Jennifer Garneris feeling a little possessive over her iconic13 Going on 30dress.
During an appearance on Wednesday’s episode ofThe View, the actress, 51, shared her thoughts on the colorful Versace minidress' blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameo in a 2003 episode ofSex and the City. She said that when she saw the look on screen, she found herself thinking, “Get out of my dress! Give me my dress back! I want that dress!”
“First of all, you’re not supposed to keep your clothes. And I’m a goodie two shoes, so I wasn’t,” she said of her filming wardrobe. “And also, who had any idea that that movie was going to be more than just something that just came and went?”
“And yeah, it ended up in a warehouse with other clothes from the movie,” she continued of the dress.
The actress gave credit to13 Going on 30’s “amazing” costume designer, Susie DeSanto, for sourcing the dress, which went on to become one of the most iconic onscreen looks, inspiring countless Halloween costumes and even celebrity tributes — includingAriana Grande wearing iton a 2021 episode ofThe Voice.
Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo in ‘13 Going on 30’.Tracy Bennett/Columbia Tri Star/Kobal/Shutterstock
“We’ve worked together every maybe seven or eight [projects] since then, and she didFamily Switch[Garner’s new movie],” Garner said of DeSanto. “So she knows how to come up with a good, good fun dress.”
So good that Garner wishes it was hanging in her own closet today. “Believe me, we talk about it all the time. We wish!” she replied, when asked if the pair could get it back.
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The Golden Globe winner previously spoke about the dress’ icon status in an interview withGlamourearlier this year. “Susie and I can’t believe how much this dress keeps coming up, and how on Halloween every year there aremoreJenna Rinks than fewer,” she told the magazine.
She also addressed theSex and the Citycameo. “You will see it show up on a background player kind of scooting into a theater seat, and it just was, you know, a dress pulled out and put on a background player and then who knows where it ended up?” she noted.
“But sadly, I don’t have it,” she added.
During herViewappearance,The Adam Projectstar also reflected on13 Going on 30’s enduring popularity and how fans still stop her to comment on their love for the movie, which also starredMark Ruffalo.
“What is it?” she mused of the film’s timeless appeal. “It’s out right now on Netflix, and I am really feeling it. Whenever it airs somewhere, people stop me. ‘I watched it again last night.’ "
“It’s so sweet that it’s such a comfort movie for so many people,” she added. “It makes me so happy.”
source: people.com
