Overview
- Garner told Entertainment Weekly that Ben Affleck “has become this incredible coparent,” a remark published in the July 16 interview that framed their current parenting as cooperative and supportive.
- She said producers changed the shoot plan so most filming would stay in Los Angeles with about a month in Nantucket, and that logistical shift made it possible for her to accept the lead role.
- Garner noted she had scaled back work while raising their three children and that their growing independence — reported ages roughly 20, 17 and 13 — lets her take longer projects without uprooting the family.
- The comments come more than a decade after the couple announced their separation in 2015 and after their divorce was finalized in 2018, adding a notably positive tone to a relationship once described as a “work in progress.”
- The public framing ties together career choices and family life: by praising Affleck’s hands‑on parenting, Garner signals how production logistics and steady co‑parenting can shape where and when actors take roles.