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Jennifer Garner rescued from lift at Comic-Con

Jennifer Garner at Comic-Con in San Diego last Thursday
Jennifer Garner at Comic-Con in San Diego last Thursday

Jennifer Garner has shared a video of her getting stuck in a lift for more than an hour as she attended her first San Diego Comic-Con.

Warning: spoiler alert!

Garner recently reprised her role as martial arts-trained assassin Elektra Natchios in a cameo in Deadpool & Wolverine.

She posted on Instagram with the caption: "Baby's first Comic Con: a short story."

In multiple videos, she detailed the ordeal before being rescued by firefighters - and sang the children's counting verse 99 Bottles of Beer to entertain other people in the lift.

At two minutes, Garner said: "Hey guys, we're stuck on this elevator. I need, um, I could use a Wolverine, I could use a Deadpool. I could use someone... we're looking for stairs.

"Thanks for having us here. My first Comic-Con. Bye for now."

At 11 minutes in, she said that she was getting "toasty" and "shvitzing", a word for sweating, in the cramped space.

When Garner posted a video after 45 minutes trapped in the lift, she began singing 99 Bottles of Beer.

By the one-hour mark, she was quietly reciting the Madonna hit Like a Prayer, which is part of the soundtrack in Deadpool & Wolverine.

Still smiling, Garner then showed her rescue at one hour and 12 minutes, cheering as the doors were forcibly opened by firefighters.

The timing of the footage is unclear, but Garner attended the Comic-Con panel for Deadpool & Wolverine last Thursday.

She first played Elektra more than 20 years ago in the 2003 film Daredevil, opposite her former husband Ben Affleck.

In 2005, Garner returned to the role in the film Elektra, which was poorly received by critics.

Deadpool & Wolverine, starring Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool and Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, has a host of cameos including Wesley Snipes and Chris Evans.

Source: Press Association

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