Jennifer Garner attended her first-ever Comic-Con this weekend to promote Deadpool & Wolverine, starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman.
The 52-year-old actress, who reprised her role as Elektra for the Marvel film nearly two decades ago, needed a superhero to come to her aid when she attended the convention at the Hard Rock Hotel in San Diego on Friday, July 26.
At one point, Garner found herself stuck in the elevator with several people, which she decided to document in a series of videos she posted to Instagram on Saturday.
“Hey guys, we’re stuck in this elevator. I could use a Wolverine. I could use a Deadpool. I could use someone,” Garner, 52, shared in the first of seven Instagram selfie clips.
“Yes, we’re looking for stairs,” she added with a hint of concern in her voice.
“Thank you for having us here. My first Comic-Con,” she said with a bit of sarcasm to close the first clip.
A day after attending a panel at her first-ever Comic-Con for her portrayal of Elektra in Deadpool & Wolverine, Jennifer Garner found herself stuck in an elevator at the Hard Rock San Diego with several others
Crouching down in a corner of the elevator, Garner then told her fans how “hot” it was in the small, enclosed space.
“Don’t cut the blue wire,” she joked to the camera.
Garner later explained that she had heard it was better to be in a broken elevator. She claimed she may have heard that “on an episode of The Office or Brooklyn Nine-Nine.”
After being stuck in the elevator for over 40 minutes, Garner began chanting: 99 bottles of beer. A few minutes later, one of the other people in the elevator was able to call 911.
‘A few minutes later she whispered, ‘We’ve been at this for 45 minutes. We’re calling 911,’ and then turned to the people with their cell phones in their hands, who were reportedly part of her team, except for the elevator operator.
“I thought we were in Vegas,” she whispered when someone said they were in San Diego.
After an hour, the lights in the elevator began to flicker and then came back on. Meanwhile, the co-owner of Once Upon A Farm sang Madonna’s hit single Like A Prayer, her hands folded in prayer.
Garner joked about “searching for the stairs” after she and a few others got stuck in the elevator
Garner gave updates at 11 minutes, complaining that it was “toasty”; at 35 minutes, explaining why she was in the elevator; she started singing 99 Bottles of Beer at 41.5 minutes
On the hour, the lights in the elevator began to flash and then come back on as the actress sang Madonna’s hit single Like A Prayer with her hands folded in the prayer position
After an hour and twelve minutes, rescuers finally managed to open the elevator doors and rescue Garner and his team.
“YAYYYYY,” the Daredevil star shouted as the doors were opened by emergency workers
Garner, who reprises her role as Elektra in Deadpool & Wolverine; the cast includes Ryan Reynolds, director Shawn Levy, actors Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, Dafne Keen, Jennifer Garner, Chris Evans, Channing Tatum and Wesley Snipes
Garner also went into promotional mode for Deadpool & Wolverine in another Instagram post
Garner first played Elektra opposite Ben Affleck in Daredevil (2003), whom she would marry two years later but eventually divorce in 2018
Finally, the ordeal came to an end when rescuers arrived and the elevator doors opened after 1 hour and 12 minutes. This brought a look of excitement from Garner, and his eyes widened as everyone began to cheer.
The mother of three, whom she shares with ex-husband Ben Affleck, reprised the role of her Marvel character Elektra in Deadpool & Wolverine for the first time in nearly 20 years, since starring in Elektra (2005).
She originally played the heroine in Daredevil (2003), opposite Affleck, who she jokes about in the new film, according to People.
Deadpool & Wolverine opened in UK cinemas on July 22 and in the US on July 26.
