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Ali Larter reveals why she left Hollywood as she stars in new function

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2 Feb 2026 13:45
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Legally Blonde star Ali Larter has revealed why she stepped again from Los Angeles after the pandemic.

The actor, 49, is understood for her breakout function in Varsity Blues and happening to star within the likes of Remaining Vacation spot, Legally Blonde and Heroes.

Regardless of transferring to LA to pursue appearing within the early 2000s, Larter made a aware determination throughout COVID to relocate her household to Solar Valley, Idaho, in 2022.

What was initially deliberate as a brief keep changed into a everlasting transfer as a result of she and her husband Hayes MacArthur a lot most well-liked the quiet life.

“We fell in love with the great thing about the mountains and their quiet grandness,” the mum-of-two advised Rue final yr.

“Neither of us had ever lived in a small city earlier than.

Ali Larter and Hayes MacArthur obtained married in 2009 (Ryan Emberley/amfAR/Getty Photos for amfAR)

“Folks look out for one another. There’s an actual sense of group right here and we’re so completely satisfied to be part of it.

“Wanting on the mountains relaxes and conjures up me.”

She added: “More often than not in my life, I really feel like I’m going 1,000 miles an hour and these large rocks chill me out.”

Though Larter has gotten used to nation life, it has not put a cease to her profession. She performs a assured housewife in Paramount+ sequence Landman.

The American drama sequence is about within the oilfields of West Texas and follows Tommy Norris (Billy Bob Thornton), a seasoned landman who navigates the cut-throat enterprise of oil exploration in the course of the gasoline growth.

Larter rose to fame in ‘Legally Blonde’ and ‘Varsity Blues’ (Steve Eichner/Getty Photos)

The story blends the realities of oil-industry life with Norris’ authorized battles and relationships.

Larter stars as Angela Norris, the fiery, outspoken ex-wife of Billy Bob Thornton’s character

She defined to People that Angela is a personality who’s ‘so bodily and loves the spray tans, and the blonde’.

“However it doesn’t matter what, it is like, I’ve obtained to spend all this time preventing off my very own insecurities, my very own nervousness, to have the ability to placed on that bikini and stroll into these scenes,” she mentioned.

Ali Larter as Angela (left) and Michelle Randolph as Ainsley (Emerson Miller/Paramount+)

“I do not suppose there’s an actress alive that is like, ‘Woo! Acquired a bikini scene!’

“These are the toughest for me. I do not take pleasure in them. It is simply a part of the story that I am telling, and I am an actress, so I get on board. However these are positively my least favorite.”

Forward of the season two premiere, she opened up about how a lot effort goes into staying in form to play Angela.

“I work actually arduous, okay? I am not pretending that I do not,” she mentioned.

“I am up at 4:30 [a.m.] on Mondays. I am going for a run. It is solely half-hour,” she mentioned.

“I attempt to eat very clear, however I eat. I am a type of protein mommies. I eat a lot protein, all day lengthy. It really works for me.”

Seasons one and two of Landman are streaming now on Paramount+.

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