2020-01-01_InStyle_Australia

Saint Laurent by

Anthony Vaccarello

jacket and pants.

Giorgio Armani tie.

Chanel watch and ring

Granted, there’s some smog, but the vista is spectacular

by anyone’s standards. Not to mention the property’s

lush green gardens, giant pool and living-room bar.

Just navigating the long, winding road that leads to “Casa

Jen” gives the whole experience a James Bond feel. “Jane

Bond,” corrects Aniston with a chuckle. “But I must admit

it took me about a year-and-a-half not to have to look at a

map to get here.” Fortunately for the rest of us, Aniston’s

internal GPS has recently led her back to TV in a major

way. She and her good friend Reese Witherspoon both

star in and serve as executive producers of Morning Wars,

a fierce drama that debuted in November on the highly

anticipated Apple TV+ streaming service. It was among

the first shows that the tech behemoth picked up under its

new television division, and, yes, the two A-listers and

their creative team had to pitch the idea to the heads of

video at Apple. “This was something that didn’t even have

walls yet. It’s so exciting to be a part of that,” Aniston says.

Whereas her former television mainstay, the ’90s

sitcom Friends, was as frothy as a Central Perk cappuccino,

Morning Wars is more like a double espresso straight out

of bed. Abrupt and to the point, it tackles the conversations

currently happening in HR offices worldwide. “The show

gives you a behind-the-curtain peek at a lot of things—what

it takes to pull-off a morning show, the unique lifestyle of

these anchors, the obsession with celebrity culture, and

humanity in the midst of corruption. Plus we’re addressing

the ugly truths of how men have treated women in our

society, particularly in the workplace, for all these

years,” Aniston explains. “We’re looking at the ways

in which we’ve all normalised this behaviour and how

we’re all by-products of our environment, having grown

up with sexism encoded in our messaging, however

extreme or subtle. This show looks at how a culture

of silence can slowly evolve and how we sometimes

participate without even realising it.”

“I’m sorry it’s not clearer,” says Jennifer

Aniston. She is standing in the living room

of her gorgeous hilltop home, looking at the

epic view that spans all of Los Angeles—

the skyline, the boulevards, the palm

trees—and extends to the Pacific Ocean.