[This story contains spoilers from Deadpool & Wolverine.]

Deadpool & Wolverine was filled with surprises. Moreover Blake Full of life’s Marvel debut as Girl Deadpool, one other sudden feminine superhero made a cameo: Elektra.

Now that almost all spoilers have been revealed almost two weeks after the movie hit theaters, Jennifer Garner has shared how she ended up reprising the function for the primary time in 19 years. In an Instagram put up, she recalled that whereas making The Adam Undertaking with Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy and Ryan Reynolds, “they gave one another this look they’ve that may talk an concept, 20 pages of dialogue, nuclear codes—there’s a loopy inventive kismet between these two.”

“Apart from attempting to persuade my children’ preschool buddies that I used to be secretly a ninja, I hadn’t picked up Elektra’s sais since 2004; I used to be match, however not Marvel match,” Garner defined. She talked about that she and her “OG” stunt double Shauna Duggins “amped up our coaching” to organize. They educated as soon as a day with Beth Properly, took boxing courses thrice per week from Flvco Pichardo and took part in “tons and plenty” of exercises led by Peloton’s Becs Gentry.

Garner additionally thanked Levy and Reynolds for bringing Elektra again. “I didn’t know that Elektra and I wanted an ending, however Shawn and Ryan did. They’re gifted in some ways, however seeing and elevating individuals round them is on the high of the checklist,” she wrote. The actress moreover shared that she and Duggins had been “in heaven on set with them,” in addition to the film’s different superhero actors: Hugh Jackman, Dafne Eager, Channing Tatum and Wesley Snipes.

She accompanied her message in regards to the film with a behind-the-scenes video that offers a peek at her in depth coaching for changing into Elektra once more, from weight lifting to trampoline leaping.

Garner debuted because the hero in 2003’s Daredevil, starring alongside ex-husband Ben Affleck. Two years later, her character obtained a standalone flick. Elektra was in the end a box-office flop, with critics praising Garner’s efficiency however criticizing the poor writing.