Jennifer Garner, Regina Hall, Chloë Sevigny, Gemma Chan and D’Arcy Carden are coming together for a Five Star Weekend.
The series adaptation of Elin Hilderbrand’s hit novel follows food influencer turned famous chef Hollis Shaw (Garner) as she tries to overcome the grief from her husband’s death on a weekend away in Nantucket, with friends from all different stages of her life.
Garner, who also serves as an executive producer, told The Hollywood Reporter at the show’s L.A. premiere that she was drawn to the story because “I have never worked with a group of women before. I always feel like I have a bestie or a daughter, which I love, love, love, but I’d never gotten a chance to immerse myself in a story about friendship. I’ve tried, I’ve tried to develop this kind of thing, but it’s really hard to do and in this case, Elin Hilderbrand’s novel is so cleverly drawn — the characters are really rich and full and everybody has their own arc and their own triumphs and tragedies and secrets.”
It also gave the star a chance to showcase her food skills, which she occasionally shows off with her “Pretend Cooking Show” on social media. “My food influencing is more, ‘That’s OK that that fell on the ground,'” Garner joked. “I mean nobody is pretending like I know what I’m doing, but I do encourage people, don’t be scared to start cooking. But yes it was so fun to do scenes where I got to cook and actually knew what I was doing,” with crew members waiting just off camera to eat what she whipped up.
