Jennifer Garner Gushes Over Decades-Long Friendship with Judy Greer: 'She’s Carried Me Through Things' (Exclusive)

Liza EsquibiasSun, March 1, 2026 at 1:00 PM UTC

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Judy Greer and Jennifer GarnerCredit: Kevin Winter/Getty -

Jennifer Garner and Judy Greer recently opened up to PEOPLE about working together on The Last Thing He Told Me season 2

The pair first starred alongside each other in 13 Going on 30 in 2004 and have since reunited for several projects

Garner calls Greer "a formidable actress" and says she was excited to bring her onto the cast for the Apple TV series' new installment

Jennifer Garner and Judy Greer have a bond that has stood the test of time.

In a recent interview with PEOPLE, the actresses — who first appeared together in the 2004 romcom 13 Going on 30 — opened up about reuniting for season 2 of Apple TV’s The Last Thing He Told Me. Garner, 53, both stars in and executive produces the thriller, and she says she was excited to bring Greer, 50, onto the cast.

“We bring not just this work experience from 20-some years ago, but we also bring 20-plus years of friendship,” Garner explains. “And not every day, not all the time, but we find each other again and again and again. We have found each other again and again over these years. So, she's carried me through things. I've carried her, and I think all of that came into play.”

“We take our jobs, I think, more seriously now than we did when we were younger,” she continues. “Judy's such a formidable actress. I really wanted to show up and give her something to work opposite.”

Jennifer Garner and Judy GreerCredit: Courtesy of Apple

Greer echoes Garner’s sentiments and jokes that they have yet to play characters who get along the way they do in real life.

“It's the best to get paid to hang out with your friend, that's for sure,” Greer notes. “It's funny that we keep playing characters that are at odds with each other, too. I wonder what it would be like to work with her when we were like the best of friends and really into each other. We always joke about that."

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"Then we would never have to get separated on set — because there were times where we had to stay away from each other, especially with some of those dramatic scenes that we had together,” Greer says. “I would be like, ‘Stay away. You are a stone. You are a ghost. I need to be not around you until we're done shooting this moment.’”

Judy Greer and Jennifer GarnerCredit: Robin L Marshall/Getty

Although she wasn’t on season 1, Greer notes that joining for season 2 was “marrying into the coolest, nicest, most welcoming family you could ever imagine.” That was partly because she and Garner weren’t the only 13 Going on 30 alums on set.

“Susie DeSanto, our costume designer [for The Last Thing He Told Me], I've worked with her since 13 Going on 30. A lot of the people that I work with, I've worked with since day one of Alias, so that includes 13 Going on 30,” Garner shares, referring to the series that launched her to fame after its 2001 debut. “It was fun to all be together.”

Greer adds: “My makeup artist, Cindy Williams, also did my makeup on 13 Going on 30. I was like, ‘Cindy, is it different? Is everything different?’ And she's like, ‘No, you look the same.’ But she gets paid to say that.”

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