"Ran to the loo"

Garner: Breakthrough after crying fit at audition

Jennifer Garner revealed that she owed her Hollywood career to a crying fit during an audition.(Bild: APA/Getty Images via AFP/GETTY IMAGES/Frazer Harrison)

She became world-famous in her role as agent Sydney Bristow in the series "Alias". In a podcast interview, Jennifer Garner has now revealed that she owes her Hollywood career to her over-emotional side. 

More specifically, it was a tearful audition for a guest role in the series "Felicity", which she even had to cancel.

Tears at the audition
Garner revealed that in her audition she had to play a scene in which Noel Crane, one of the main characters in the TV show, broke up with her. Jennifer got so carried away with her role that she had a crying fit. Crane was played by Scott Foley, Garner's husband at the time.

Jennifer Garner owes her breakthrough to the role of agent Sydney Bristow in the US series "Alias".(Bild: Ronald Grant Archive / Mary Evans / picturedesk.com)

The now 50-year-old: "I ran out and then it really burst out of me in the ladies' room."

Taking a second chance
The producer and "Felicity" co-creator gave her a second chance to audition. His name: J.J. Abrams.

He was so impressed by Garner that he not only gave her the guest role, but also cast her in the lead role in his next TV show - "Alias".