{
  "id": 19788140,
  "title": "Julia Garner Would Rather Be Someone Else",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/julia-garner-would-rather-be-someone-else",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-13T10:00:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NYT Arts",
    "slug": "nyt-arts",
    "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/13/arts/television/julia-garner-the-altruists-netflix-sam-bankman-fried.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Julia Garner, a 32-year-old woman, doesn't consider her profession as acting when the cameras are rolling. Instead, she describes it as simply \"being at that moment\" and \"living it.\" Garner admits that her profession sounds \"super artsy\" and \"actory,\" but she can't help but desire to act and feel as if no one is watching her in real life.\n\nWhen interviewed at Zitomer's, a multi-level pharmacy on Manhattan's Upper East Side, Garner was welcomed warmly by the salesladies, who called her \"honey.\" She demonstrated several beauty products, including a lipstick and a moisturizer called CelluMoist. Garner suggested that I try out the moisturizer, despite the company's ethics policy preventing her from purchasing it for me. In her presence, one can feel swept up in a \"beneficent whirlwind,\" characterized by \"zip and warmth and sharp acuity.\"",
  "summary": "The actor is known for disappearing into difficult roles. Her latest transformation is in “The Altruists,” a series about the jailed crypto founder Sam Bankman-Fried.",
  "key_points": [
    "Julia Garner prefers being someone else over acting.",
    "She describes acting as simply \"being at that moment\" and \"living it\".",
    "Garner was warmly welcomed at Zitomer's pharmacy on Manhattan's Upper East Side."
  ],
  "editors_take": "Garner’s preference for living in the moment over identifying with her profession suggests a fundamental detachment between her public career and her desire for an unobserved personal life.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}