More From Jennifer Garner On 'Elektra'


ElektraJennifer Garner, star of the upcoming Elektra - a spinoff from Daredevil, says she has begun training for the movie. "It's not a prequel, it's a sequel to her story in Daredevil, and I've been training for the past couple of months," she told Sci-Fi Wire. "I trained after the [13 Going on 30 press] junket last night and got up this morning and will go again tonight. And I'm loving it."

Garner says that the storyline will follow from the character's Marvel Comic series. "I think she has such a rich storyline of her own, and we're really mining that in this movie. A lot of the Frank Miller stuff for Elektra, [we're] really using it. Her story is quite dark. She's an assassin for hire, and she's a woman for hire, although we don't go there in this movie."

Garner also says that her costume will be different than that one seen in 'Daredevil', which will be based more on the costume from the comic series. "I think that the wardrobe so far seems to be more reminiscent of what people associate with Elektra. [Elektra]'s known mostly for this red outfit that you can't seem to wear any underwear underneath, so we could never quite figure out how to make it work. But she also wears a lot of black. [But] when we did Daredevil, we were kind of slammed for the wardrobe, but actually it was something taken directly from one of the comic books. Now what I'm wearing will be a little more familiar to people who like the comic books."

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