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Article: FEELING THE HEAT; In making `The Kingdom,' Jennifer Garner and Jamie Foxx had more to fight than terrorists

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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - The swelter is right there on the screen, the insufferable heat unmistakable in the actors' faces and on their sweat-stained shirts. It's one of the first things everyone from the director on down mentions when discussing the making of "The Kingdom," Peter Berg's new terrorist crime-thriller set in Saudi Arabia (but shot mostly with sandy, steamy Arizona as stand-in).

Berg ("Friday Night Lights") mentions that actor Jason Bateman ("Arrested Development") passed out several times. Jennifer Garner, a first-time mom who was nursing during filming, talks about her body sending all available nutrients to, well, her breasts, twice landing her in the hospital for ...

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