The crowd slowly parted around them as they performed what started out as an impromptu dance-off, then evolved into a flawlessly choreographed routine. Garner, meanwhile, was quite taken with the young actress who plays her daughter, Cailey Fleming, who was probably up way past her bedtime. which is a pretty impressive place to be for a movie that made barely more than 50 million worldwide when. “I mean, look at ‘Taken.’ It was phenomenal and then they did two more. As of this writing, Peppermint is the number four title in Netflix's Top 10 in the U.S. “Don’t we all dream that it can be? Absolutely,” she said. You want her to win.”ĭuggins is hoping that a big win at the box office could spark a sequel or, better yet, a female-driven franchise. “She’s not just out killing people - you feel every bit of her anguish, her physical pain and her emotional pain, and that’s why the audience is rooting for her. “What makes her a phenomenal actress is you can see her in these beautiful love stories and comedies and then she can step right into a revenge movie ,” added Duggins. You feel her pain every time she takes a punch - you see her face feel the pain.” “Obviously she’s good at fights from ‘Alias’ and ‘Daredevil’ and ‘Elektra’ and ‘The Kingdom.’ was really rough and gritty. There are some hits, and you see her face hit the ground,” Duggins told Variety. As a film critic, it would be easy enough to write about the other elements of Peppermint that make it a subpar movie. Duggins estimates that Garner performed 98% of her own stunts and trained for three months leading up to filming. Peppermint opened in theaters on September 7, 2018.
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“Jennifer worked her booty off,” said one of the first guests to arrive, Shauna Duggins, who has been working as the actress’ stunt double for nearly 20 years (the two have been inseparable since the third episode of Garner’s TV series “Alias”). The after-party took place not far - and yet a world away - from the film’s skid row setting at Wolfgang Puck’s Asian eatery WP24, which is perched high atop the Ritz-Carlton. Director Pierre Morel, who also helmed “Taken,” made a brief speech before the movie started and thanked his star, whom he described as “the most wonderful, dedicated, and kind person I have ever met.”
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