Blake Lively, Alexis Bledel Amber Tamblyn support America Ferrera at a recent ‘Barbie’ screening.Photo:Marion Curtis/StarPix for Warner Bros/Shutterstock
Marion Curtis/StarPix for Warner Bros/Shutterstock
America Ferrerajust has to go to her phone for a reminder of the unshakable bond between the stars of theSisterhood of the Traveling Pants.
“We have aSisterhoodtext that’s been going for 20 years now,” Ferrera tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue. “I just turned 20 when we shotSisterhood, and I’m going to be 40 next year.”
“We’ve all had kids. We’ve all gotten married. We were at each other’s weddings. We’ve been through a lot of life together,” says Ferrera.
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Now, prognosticators say the formerUgly Bettystar could land an Oscar nomination later this month for her searingBarbieturn, includinga now-viral monologueon the “impossible” task of being a woman today.
TheSisterhoodcame out in full force for Ferrera recently, as her longtime friends donned pink to support her at a Dec. 16 SAG-AFTRA-hostedBarbiescreening and Q&A in New York City.
America Ferrera, Ariana Greenblatt, Margot Robbie in a scene from ‘Barbie.'.Warner Bros./Courtesy Everett
Warner Bros./Courtesy Everett
“I was so happy to support my denim sister,” Lively wrote on Instagram after the event, tagging Ferrera and sharing a carousel of photos of the friends. “She’s the heart and soul of [Barbie] because she’s the heart and soul of everything she’s a part of. I’ve known her for 20 years. Since I was 16… that speech she gives as Gloria felt as real as anything I’ve ever seen onscreen.”
Tamblyn shared on her Instagram that the four even spent quality time together ahead of the event.
“We got ready together, picked out outfits and jewelry and handbags together (aka raided Blake’s closet), at dinners together and drove together to celebrate our favorite sister @americaferrera and her brillant performance in Barbie,” Tamblyn wrote. “When I tell you some things are forever, this right here is it.”
The four are so close that when they meet up in New York City for meals, Ferrera tells PEOPLE, it’s a surprise when fans takes note.
“There are times where I forget we were in a movie because we’ve been friends longer than we made movies together. And sometimes we’ll be sitting at a restaurant and I’m like, ‘Why are people looking at us?’ I was like, ‘Oh, because we are theSisterhood of the Traveling Pants.'"
She adds: “I genuinely sometimes forget that that’s a part of our story because we’ve been friends for so long.”
For more on America Ferrera, pick up this week’s issue ofPEOPLE, out now.
source: people.com
