Privacy | There’s a small victory for Southern accents in Ozark’s third-season premiere. When Green met the actress for coffee, Garner was wearing a turtleneck — this time an asset, not a liability — and Green copied the look for Garner's character in the film. ", But they're getting to know her better, and Garner is getting more comfortable revealing herself. "I cannot stand rodents. The good work is always going to be there. She won a Best Supporting Actress Emmy award in 2019 for her role as Ruth. That includes using a gun, something Garner had never done before taking on the role. This story first appeared in the Aug. 12 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. Vanity Fair may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. Rural southern accents are different from urban southern accents. “They’re going to have an accent more than other people. These people do not know me. "She might be the hardest character I've ever played," Garner says. Will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy. As I said, I have no idea. Prior to winning the part of Ruth, Garner had used a similar accent for the movie Tomato Red, which she’d shot the year before. You can't judge your characters. "It depends on which state is deemed safer," Garner says. Even sometimes in the same place different social classes and races have different accents. She got off to a bad start after she tried to rob Marty Byrde (played by Bateman) in season one. I know them. Asked to name an actor whose career she'd like to model hers after, she mentions one who might not seem an obvious inspiration for a 20-something ingenue — Richard Dreyfuss. In real life, Garner comes from the Upper West Side in Manhattan, New York. This content is imported from YouTube. ", Her family was devoted to Turner Classic Movies, and Garner developed a youthful affection for Bette Davis. Garner also starred in the Netflix series Ozark. "I've never been in those girl-next-door TV shows because they never hire me," Garner says. Then he DM'd me. For Garner, acting is a meditation, the way she learned to feel at home in the world after multiple learning disabilities prevented her from being able to read until she was 10. To fake Scarlett, you drop the r, as Daniel Craig did as Benoit Blanc in Knives Out (which he had some fun spoofing on SNL a few weeks ago), or as New Jersey–born Kevin Spacey did on House of Cards (using the same Savannah accent he debuted in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil). I needed someone who people would want to keep their eyes on. I can hear a twinge of Scottish in Peter Mullan's Snell, though. Garner is recounting the story over Zoom from a makeshift music studio in her home near Lake Hollywood in early August, shortly after she was nominated for her second Emmy for her performance on Netflix's Ozark. It can be incredibly frightening to be confronted with one of your phobias, even if it's something that most people don't find that scary. Before she started on Ozark, he connected with her on Instagram. I was born and returned to the Ozarks a few months ago, but have lived all over the country and I think that even southern accents from different states have different twangs. I think you nailed it. Not necessarily fake but not bad either. Eleven years after that audition, Garner has crafted the kind of career that capitalizes on her distinctive talent, one in which her daring, naturalistic performances often leave viewers wondering, as her director on The Assistant, Kitty Green, thought after seeing her on The Americans, "Who is that kid?" "But it all happened perfectly in a way. Part of what makes her performance so exemplary is how unafraid the actress is to embrace the messier side of Ruth's character. In her next meaty role, she'll play con artist Anna Delvey in the upcoming Shonda Rhimes Netflix series Inventing Anna. The Americans (TV Series 2013–2018) Julia Garner as Kimberly Breland.
