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Jennifer Garner<\/strong><\/a> has been lauded for her performance in Deadpool & Wolverine<\/em>, where she revived her Elektra<\/em> character to great success and the actress is now set to be flooded with money-spinning offers that should take her career \u2013 and bank balance \u2013 to a whole new level, a source exclusively reveals to Life & Style<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cJennifer Garner expected Deadpool & Wolverine<\/em> to be a hit, even a sizable one, but she didn\u2019t expect it to completely turn her career upside down,\u201d the source says, \u201cbut that\u2019s exactly what has happened.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cShe\u2019s a real movie star again.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The 13 Going On 30<\/em> actress, 52, first landed her superhero role in Elektra<\/em>, in which she played the titular character opposite future hubby Ben Affleck<\/em>\u2019s Daredevil, in 2003. While Ben\u2019s movie Daredevil<\/em> would open to mixed reviews and box office sighs, Jen\u2019s performance in Elektra<\/em> rocketed her to new heights and electrified her burgeoning career.<\/span><\/p>\n The two would go on to marry in 2005 after Ben, 52, broke things off with his girlfriend at the time, Jennifer Lopez<\/strong>. They would split later in 2018, but remain friends. The couple share three children:<\/a> Violet<\/strong>, 18, Fin<\/strong>, 15, and Samuel<\/strong>, 12.<\/span><\/p>\n The actress then had a string of romantic comedy and drama successes, with some flops here and there, but hadn\u2019t recaptured a daring action-focused role in over 20 years since Elektra<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s been a surprise,\u201d the source continues, \u201cbut it\u2019s been a welcome one because Jen has wanted to get back into the action movie game in a serious way and somehow.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cRyan Reynolds<\/strong> and this movie were the things that made that happen,\u201d the insider insists.<\/span><\/p>\n Ryan, 47, had been hard at work hitting the promo trail for the movie, along with costar Hugh Jackman<\/strong> \u2013 to great success.<\/span><\/p>\n As Life & Style<\/em> previously reported in August, Ryan has been pulling out all the stops for the Deadpool & Wolverin<\/em>e campaign as The Proposal<\/em> star has taken control of the entire process through his company, Maximum Effort Productions \u2013 including Botox<\/a> for the red carpets!<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cRyan has wielded almost total control from day one,\u201d a second source previously said.<\/span><\/p>\n The Marvel Studios film took in $444.1 million worldwide and $211 million in domestic ticket sales in its opening weekend, making it the biggest R-rated movie opening of all time.<\/span><\/p>\n This box office explosion has catapulted Jen\u2019s career to new heights, the source insists.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cJen has her choice of cool parts now that even a year ago were out of her reach,\u201d the insider says. \u201cIt\u2019s a very happy time because of that, and Jen worked hard to get to this moment.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The sky\u2019s now the limit for Jen, but her ex husband Ben \u201chas to be kicking himself right now for not getting in on the Deadpool & Wolverine<\/em> party,\u201d the source says.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWhat makes it even funnier is that the filmmakers did want Ben Affleck to be in this movie as his Daredevil<\/em> character.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Unfortunately for the morose movie star, who is currently going through a rough divorce<\/a> from J. Lo, \u201che opted to pass because he was starting his new movie studio, Artists Equity.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n