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On Hulus buzzyReboot, Hollywoods best friend becomes the leading lady.
Judy Greer walks through a crowded restaurant in cornflower blue.
She seemingly cannot stop engaging with strangers who are compelled to exchange compliments with her.
I love your jumpsuit, a server tells Greer.
You have main character energy.
I want to be mysterious and cool and interesting, like, Wow, whats that woman got?
Greer says, in a pitch that rises above the breakfast chatter like a Lizzo flute solo.
I think that ship has sailed.
I would love for you to write about how cool I am.
I dont feel cool at all.
In astrological terms, Greers career is aspirational with relatable rising.
She is effervescently out of touch, charming while she is ineptly conniving.
As Greer says, She is fancy.
Are you here just for this?
That makes me feel really famous.
Thats probably the most famous Ive felt.
(Greer has been to the Oscars.)
Bree reminds her of the novelThe Help.
(After bringing it up, Greer gets nervous.
Is that a bad book to talk about now?
I dont know what youre allowed to say.
And then when that intruder came into the backyard, she beats him in such a graphic way.
And the storyteller is basically like, Oh, yeah, I know who you are now.
Youll fucking kill a guy.
Greer thought it would be funnier for the audience to actually see them.
She has great boobs, says Jennifer Garner,Greers13 Going on 30leadand co-holder of their friendship nickname JG.
She should show them off because they’re God-given.
Garner seems almost insulted by the premise.
Since when was Judy not a leading woman?
But that’s probably easy for me to say, isn’t it; she played my best friend.
Greer is compelling in any context but has thrived in supporting roles because she is a genuinely supportive person.
It was just more fun to go to work when she was there.
Greer would suggest something like, Beyonces new record came out.
Do you want to listen to it?
He cares so much that I can see when he starts to get agitated, Greer says of Shannon.
Shannon presented the doll to Greer and said, In case you miss me, have this.
She shows me a lengthy slideshow of Zods travels.
This is Zod going through security, Greer says fondly as she scrolls.
Now hes drinking some white wine.
Oh, this is a nice one of Zod at the beach.
It is a classic Greer bit; goofy and slightlyoff.
She just seems to wring every ounce of comedy out of a moment,Reboots Levitan says.
This is the greatest present Ive ever given to anyone.
Her friendships are really long, Garner says.
There’s nothing too big for me to take and dump on her lap.
She’s just like, Uh huh, no problem.
Then she decided to invest in Wile, a product line that helps other women support their hormonal health.
You do kind of have all the responsibility with none of the authority, Greer says of stepparenting.
Ill just be over here filing my nails and not giving a shit.
Go do it, Greers says.
She says shes more life coach than therapist by nature.
Youre 24 years old!
You think its going to get better?
This is as good as its going to get!
If you are Greer, 24 years old is not as good as its going to get.
(Two days after we meet, Greer plans to have invisible-to-me upper lip lines smoothed by expensive lasers.
She is the ultimate work in progress, Garner says.
Greer has made peace with the limits of self-upgrading, but remains committed to the pursuit.
My husband is 54, I think, Greer says.
(He is 55.)
He can do like two pushups and change his entire body.
Im like, Go fuck yourself, dude.
I have to starve myself for months.
It took basically the entire pandemic to get to a place specifically where I was like, OK!
And then about two months for it all to be gone.
There’s probably a list of people that you would expect to play this part.
People that are more commonly known as dramatic, leading types of actresses…
I didn’t want it to be what people expected.
If youre a movie star, you have to be a movie star.
She doesnt play that.
She doesnt do that.
But maybe she wants to or maybe she could or maybe she should.
Because I do other stuff?
Greer says she told her.
Then she admits to me, The last couple [commercials] Ive donehavebeen really funny…
If Greers playing it, its a starring role.