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This is news of Jen at 'The Kingdom' Premiere from USA Today.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-0...re_N.htm?csp=34
http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-0...re_N.htm?csp=34
http://i.usatoday.net/life/_photos/2007/09/18/kingdomx.jpgKeys to 'The Kingdom'
By William Keck, USA TODAY
LOS ANGELES — Jennifer Garner doesn't plan to let her almost 2-year-old daughter, Violet, see mommy's new war drama until she's all grown up.
"I would put that off as long as I could," said Garner at Monday's premiere for The Kingdom, an R-rated film about an FBI unit that journeys to Saudi Arabia to investigate a murder (in theaters Sept. 28). "There's a reason we have a ratings system."
Neither Garner, 35, nor her co-star Jamie Foxx, 39, had any interest in war games as kids.
Garner, who grew up in West Virginia, said, "Playing war never ever would have interested me." Rather, she enjoyed "reading, writing and pretending."
And other than playing with his "little green army men," Texas-born Foxx recalled no war play as a boy. "And none of my little green army men ever fired their guns," said Foxx, an advocate for peace even back then. "My toy soldiers were partyin'."
Garner came dressed in a red Valentino gown with vintage diamond-encrusted bracelet and necklace by Cartier. She left Violet at home with papa Ben Affleck. "He is home on daddy duty," Garner reported.
Co-star Chris Cooper, who plays a bomb expert in the film, admitted to a childhood fascination with things that went ka-boom. "I was an explosives nut," Cooper said. "As a little kid, my brother and I were into rockets and explosives, but we were always pretty careful."
Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, in attendance to support pals Foxx and director Peter Berg (who directs Will Smith's 2008 film, Hancock), shared a kiss on the carpet.
Will Smith clearly has been putting in extra hours at the gym for Hancock, in which he plays a fallen superhero, while Pinkett Smith wowed in vintage Yves St. Laurent hot pink shorts that looked even shorter with her animal-print high heels.
It was a brave choice for L.A.'s first chilly night of the fall.
"I dig the cold nights," said Foxx. "I get to bundle up and be next to the one you love and do your thing."
But Foxx didn't find anything chilly about Jada's appearance.
"Oh my goodness. She looked incredible!" cracked Foxx. "I had to watch her from a distance and be respectful. That Will done got big!"