Jennifer Garner Posted A Picture With Co-Star Rita Moreno: "The Most Sparkly Star In The Sky"
February 04, 2023 By Alberto Mesti
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Rita Moreno is being lauded by Jennifer Garner. On Thursday, days after
Variety revealed that Moreno, 91, will appear with Garner, 50, and Ed Helms in the upcoming Netflix comedy
Family Leave, Garner shared photographs of the two on social media.
Additionally, Garner praised Moreno, an EGOT winner, in her Instagram caption, "All of us working on #FamilyLeave are bowled over by this beautiful actress who is really starting to make her mark." And as she wrote, "it is my pleasure to introduce the most sparkly star in the sky" about the iconic
West Side Story actress, Garner added, "Watch for her this week in @80forBrady."
According to
Variety, along with young stars Emma Myers and Brady Noon, the ensemble cast of
Family Leave will also feature Matthias Schweighöfer, Bashir Salahuddin, Ilia Isorelýs Paulino, Fortune Feimster, Xosha Roquemore, Paul Scheer, Andrew Bachelor, Pete Holmes, Naomi Ekperigin, Dan Finnerty, Cyrus Arnold, and Vanessa Carrasco.
Furthermore, in the movie, a family is forced to work together to secure each member's promotion, college interview, record deal, and soccer tryout after experiencing a supernatural body switch on the most significant day of their lives, according to the site.
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Rita Moreno stars in the film
80 for Brady alongside co-stars Jane Fonda, Sally Field, and Lily Tomlin as their characters travel to watch Tom Brady compete in the 2017 Super Bowl, the year the now-retired quarterback lead the New England Patriots to victory over the Atlanta Falcons.
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On another note, when the cast of
80 for Brady appeared on
Jimmy Kimmel Live in January to promote the film, Moreno spoke of a scene in which she "got turned on."
She admitted to host Jimmy Kimmel, "I simply want to say that my favorite scene in the movie takes place in the locker room where the guys are. You know, [Rob Gronkowski], all these guys."
She said, making Kimmel, 55, and his audience laugh, "I entered the room, and it's a real locker room, and I swear to God, like, in seconds I got turned on"
By Alberto Mesti
Introvert. Eccentric at times. A fashion enthusiast, designer and writer. Lives for the drama, hates being at the centre of it. Can be best described as \'wannabe modern day Lady Whistledown\'.