The Last Thing He Told Me: Apple TV+ series star Jennifer Garner on loving the 2017 book, and her role as Hannah Hall
- Garner says playing the lead character in the new series – which features Angourie Rice as her daughter – after Julia Roberts dropped out is her ‘dream role’
- Author Laura Dave says it was ‘painful’ writing the bestselling 2017 book, but that working on the screenplay was so positive it made her emotional
If you devoured Laura Dave’s novel The Last Thing He Told Me, you’re not alone. The book spent 65 weeks as a New York Times Best Seller, and one of those readers who couldn’t put it down was Jennifer Garner.
“I read it with my middle child. We kept pushing bedtime later and later because we were just compelled to read one more chapter, two more chapters, three more chapters,” Garner says, with a copy of the book next to her on a chair.
“I can’t even explain how much I loved it.”
Her great read turned into a “dream role” when Julia Roberts – who was originally attached to star in a TV show based on the book – had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts.
Dave co-created the series, which debuts on Friday on Apple TV+, with Josh Singer, her Oscar-winning husband, and wrote the adaptation. Reese Witherspoon, who chose the book for her Reese’s Book Club after its May 2021 release, is also an executive producer.
