Anna Faris may be a mom to her own 10-year-old son Jack, but she initially struggled to connect with the two children her husband, cinematographer Michael Barrett, has from a previous marriage.
Faris admits she “felt very immature” when she first started spending time with Barrett’s kids.
“I think that I didn’t give them a ton of reason to cultivate a trusting relationship, because I also think, when you’re an actor, your…interactions are different than with most people,” she says.
“Most people, even if they don’t care for you, are really kind to you, which of course, inflates your ego or whatever, and you just don’t tend to have a ton of rude or normal interactions,” continues Faris. “And I think that I didn’t respect the idea that I have a completely different relationship with them.”
Over time, though, they have bonded. “I have this special place in their life where I just get to be supportive. And I have been really working hard on that,” says Faris, who shares Jack with her ex-husband, Guardians of the Galaxy star Chris Pratt.
Faris met Barrett on the set of the 2018 movie Overboard and the pair eloped in 2021.
A year into their marriage, the couple continues to prioritize time together.
Barrett even joined Faris in New Orleans earlier this year while she filmed The Estate, a very adult comedy about scheming sisters Savanna (Faris) and Macey (Toni Collette) competing with their cousins (David Duchovny and Rosemarie DeWitt) in a quest to worm their way into the will of their mean, terminally ill aunt Hilda (Kathleen Turner).
After her many turns portraying sweet, bubbly blondes in fan favorites like 2008’s The House Bunny.
The Estate premieres in theaters Nov. 4
