Julia Garner looked stony-faced as she emerged from a Manhattan hotel on Wednesday.
The 30-year-old Gucci brand ambassador looked chic in all-black attire: sunglasses, maxi winter coat, handbag and $1,220 Gucci ‘Women’s Loafer with Horsebit’.
Julia’s street sighting happened three days after Madonna revealed the “struggle” behind her resuscitation ‘demolished’ self-directed biopic, Who’s That Girl.
“After days of struggling in LA, I listened to producers and agents tell me why I couldn’t make my movie [I’ve] has been working on… for four years,” the 66-year-old Queen of Pop regretted on Monday.
‘”Small smaller! Scale smaller! Think smaller,” they say. I realized that everything in my life will be tested. No easy rides for me. I guess I should be grateful. It forces me to think outside the box. I didn’t have a normal life. I can’t make this the normal way.’
Michigan-born Madge then reached out to her 53.6 million social media followers for advice on whether she should turn “the story of my life” into a TV series or a feature film.
Julia Garner looked stony-faced as she emerged from a Manhattan hotel on Wednesday
The 30-year-old Gucci brand ambassador looked chic in all-black attire: sunglasses, maxi winter coat, handbag and $1,220 Gucci ‘Women’s Loafer with Horsebit’
That same day, a source told DailyMail.com that producers were “laughing” at the seven-time Grammy winner’s “ridiculous” demand for a $100 million budget.
Madonna co-wrote the script previously called Little Sparrow with Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody, who was later replaced by Independent Spirit Award-winning screenwriter Erin Cressida Wilson (The Girl on the Train, Secretary).
The self-made superstar cast Garner in June 2022 after a grueling 11-hour audition and when Universal Pictures passed away in January 2023, she said AND she still had hope: “Fingers crossed!”
The three-time Emmy winner hasn’t been photographed with Madonna since May 2023, when they attended famed lensman Steven Klein’s 58th birthday in Manhattan.
And now that the twice-divorced mother of six has wrapped up her $225.3 million-grossing, 81-date Celebration Tour on May 4, she’s putting much of her energy back into the biopic.
The only other person Madonna publicly considered for Who’s That Girl was Uncut Gems alum Julia Fox in the role of her longtime friend, Debi Mazar.
The Material Girl previously piloted two dismally reviewed box office bombs – Filth and wisdom in 2008, and WE in 2011.
In July, Julia played a mysterious role in Zach Cregger’s 2026 horror film Weapons, set in Florida, alongside Josh Brolin, Alden Ehrenreich and Benedict Wong.
Julia’s street sighting came three days after Madonna (right, pictured in 2023) revealed the ‘struggle’ behind reviving her ‘discarded’ self-directed biopic, Who’s That Girl
The 66-year-old Queen of Pop complained on Monday: ‘After days of struggling in LA, I listened to producers and agents telling me why I couldn’t make my movie [I’ve] been working on…for four years’ (photo July 16)
Michigan native Madge continued, ““Size down! Lower the scale! Think smaller,” they say. I realized that everything in my life will be tested. No easy rides for me…I can’t do this the normal way’
Madonna then reached out to her 53.6 million social media followers for advice on whether she should turn ‘the story of my life’ into a TV series or a feature film
The seven-time Grammy winner co-wrote the raw script with Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody, who was later replaced by Independent Spirit Award-winning screenwriter Erin Wilson (L, pictured in 2021)
Madonna famously cast Garner as herself in June 2022 after a grueling 11-hour audition process, and when Universal Pictures succeeded in January 2023, she told ET she was still hopeful: “Fingers crossed!”
The three-time Emmy winner hasn’t been pictured with the twice-divorced mother of six since May 2023, when they attended famed lensman Steven Klein’s 58th birthday in Manhattan.
And now that Madonna has wrapped up her $225.3 million, 81-date Celebration Tour on May 4 (pictured), she’s putting much of her energy back into the biopic.
The only other person to publicly consider the Material Girl for Who’s That Girl was Uncut Gems alumnus Julia Fox (right, pictured in 2022) in the role of her longtime friend, Debi Mazar
Madonna previously helmed two dismal box office bombs: Filth and Wisdom in 2008 and WE in 2011
But audiences can next see Julia as wife and mother Charlotte in Leigh Whannell’s horror film Wolf Man, which hits US and UK cinemas on January 17.
The remake of George Waggner’s 1941 film The Wolf Man reunited Garner with her former co-star Martha, Marcy, May and Marlene – Christopher Abbott (M)
But audiences can next see Garner as wife and mother Charlotte in Leigh Whannell’s horror film Wolf Man, which hits US and UK cinemas on January 17.
The remake of George Waggner’s 1941 film The Wolf Man reunited the Apartment 7A actress with her former co-star Martha, Marcy, May, Marlene – Christopher Abbott – who replaced Ryan Gosling as her on-screen husband Blake.
Julia will also play Silver Surfer in Matt Shakman’s MCU reboot The Fantastic Four: First Steps, opening in US and UK theaters on July 25, alongside Pedro Pascal, Joseph Quinn, John Malkovich, Natasha Lyonne and Paul Walter Hauser .
On a personal level, Garner will celebrate five years of marital bliss with Foster the People frontman Mark Foster next month.
The Bronx native originally met the 40-year-old Grammy nominee at the Sundance Film Festival in 2013, but they didn’t reconnect until 2016 via Instagram.