08/29/2007 09:57:20 PM

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JENNIFER GARNER - GARNER THANKS KLINE FOR LONG-AWAITED BROADWAY BREAK

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Caption: Jennifer Garner arrives at the Ed Sullivan Theatre to appear on the 'Late Show with David Letterman ' New York City, USA ....

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JENNIFER GARNER landed her upcoming Broadway debut in CYRANO after actor KEVIN KLINE remembered her from an audition she did with him when she was a struggling actress. The Daredevil star grew up loving the theatre and always dreamed of taking the stage in New York - and, thanks to thespian Kline's memory, she's now getting her big break. She explains, "I auditioned with Kevin 12 years ago for a play at Lincoln Center... He has been kind enough to always remember me from that audition and that's part of how this role came about." Garner turned down a blockbuster movie role to play Roxane opposite Kline after missing out on a Broadway debut in 1995 - when she was forced to turn down the chance to star in a play opposite Helen Mirren after being offered a TV mini-series role. She tells WENN, "I understudied Kate Erbe in A Month In The Country on Broadway in 1995, and she was so great because she was gonna take a day off and give me my Broadway debut. "But I got a mini-series and I had to take it because I was broke. I was totally broke and living on this woman's kitchen floor." Garner insists she won't be as generous to her understudy: "My friend (actor) Victor Garber was telling me, 'You can't miss performances. It's tacky.'"


08/29/2007 09:57:20 PM


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