Mark Ruffalo and Jennifer Garner discovered they would work on their second film together in November 2020, when they were tapped to star in Shawn Levy’s sci-fi Netflix film “The Adam Project,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. The experience quickly showed they still had a deep connection. “It was like we picked up where we left off,” Ruffalo told People on February 28. Garner agreed with Ruffalo. “I know he was excited to be with me and I was too. We had a great time,” she added.
In “The Adam Project,” Garner and Ruffalo play a married couple whose son grows up to be a time-traveling pilot, played by Ryan Reynolds, a plot Ruffalo paralleled to his “13 Going on 30” role. “It was like Jenna and Matty went off and had Ryan Reynolds as a kid, and no one can understand how he got so tall,” Ruffalo joked with People.
In March 2021, Garner opened up about her experience co-starring with Ruffalo nearly two decades later. “We just had this instant comfort and obviously there’s just such a connection and a warmth,” she said on “Good Morning America,” adding, “It was actually a really beautiful experience to revisit that relationship.” Ruffalo and Garner have been using social media to promote their new film — and fans are nostalgic. “Our forever Matt and Jenna again together,” one fan wrote on Garner’s Instagram post featuring Ruffalo on February 28.
