Jennifer Garner has spoken passionately about her commitment to keeping work in Los Angeles, describing it as a personal priority amid growing concerns about the flight of film and television production from Hollywood.
Speaking to Associated Press ahead of the premiere of her new Peacock series Five star weekendGarner explained why she has deliberately sought out projects that film in California.
“I really started working in Los Angeles as much as possible,” she said.
“It can’t always happen. But we’re losing the film industry here. It’s so important to me. I love the crew members in Los Angeles. I’ve grown up with them for the last 30 years.”
The Golden Globe winner went further and framed the issue not just in professional terms, but in human terms.
“It’s so important to keep making movies here in LA. And also, for all of us, not just for me, but for all of us who have kids, and families, and lives, and homes, and gardens to tend to, we want to be here to see them all grow.”
Her comments come at an important time for the California film industry.
Production on location in Los Angeles fell 16.1% in 2025, with only a modest rebound last quarter thanks to the state’s film and television tax credit program.
Both incumbent Mayor Karen Bass and her opponent Nithya Raman have made bringing production back to Hollywood a central campaign issue, with calls to remove the cap on California’s $750 million film and television tax incentives.
Five star weekendfilmed partly in Los Angeles and partly in Nantucket, is based on Elin Hilderbrand’s 2023 novel and developed for Peacock by Bekah Brunstetter.
Garner stars as Hollis Shaw, a food blogger who gathers her closest friends for a weekend at her Nantucket home in the wake of her husband’s death.
The eight-episode series also stars Chloë Sevigny, Regina Hall, Gemma Chan, D’Arcy Carden, Harlow Jane and Timothy Olyphant.
