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Family Switch<\/em> is a holiday movie that just debuted on Netflix starring Jennifer Garner and Ed Helms. It\u2019s basically Freaky Friday<\/em>, but the whole family switches bodies: mother & daughter, father & son, and in a disturbing wrinkle, toddler & dog. The magical switcheroo seems to be set in motion by Rita Moreno taking a family photo. And that is how we were gifted with Rita talking to People Mag about a recent bout of loneliness (officially a global health issue) that led to an endearing meet-cute at the supermarket:<\/p>\n

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In an interview with PEOPLE, the actress and singer, who turns 92 on Dec. 11, recalls feeling \u201cso sad\u201d after she recently moved from her house in California\u2019s Berkeley Hills area to a new condominium that she loves.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was affecting my appetite,\u201d says Moreno, whose husband of 45 years, Leonard Gordon, passed away in 2010 at age 90.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy daughter [jewelry designer Fernanda Luisa Gordon] noticed and she said, \u2018What\u2019s wrong?\u2019 I said I didn\u2019t know. I didn\u2019t know what was wrong,\u201d continues the West Side Story icon. \u201cI really didn\u2019t understand what was happening.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember thinking, \u2018I can\u2019t go on like this.\u2019 I\u2019m in the most beautiful apartment in the world as far as I\u2019m concerned, and this is happening. Why is this happening?\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

\u201cI took all my experience in therapy, psychotherapy, and just kind of punched it together and said, \u2018What\u2019s wrong? Something\u2019s wrong, and it has to do with you since you moved,\u2019\u201d says Moreno, who stars in the new Netflix movie Family Switch.<\/p>\n

It dawned on Moreno that although she has a loving network of friends and family \u2014 including her daughter and two grandsons \u2014 they\u2019re not all nearby. \u201cSo when we make plans to see each other, we have to make plans, they can\u2019t just kind of drop by,\u201d she explains. \u201cI was really lonely.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the most fascinating thing to learn about yourself,\u201d adds Moreno, who also realized she didn\u2019t know how to make friends.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve never had to seek people\u2019s company,\u201d she explains. \u201cYou know why? Because people have always come to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOne day I thought, \u2018This is ridiculous. I have to meet some people,\u2019\u201d says Moreno. \u201cThat particular day when I made that decision, I went to the supermarket to do some shopping, and I ran into a lady who I kept running into, who\u2019s lovely.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe had this big smile on her face, and she recognized me, obviously, and we started to talk. I said to her, \u2018Would you like to have lunch with me?\u2019\u201d continues Moreno, who said she didn\u2019t even know the woman\u2019s name at the time.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe said, \u2018Lunch with you? Really?\u2019 I said, \u2018Yeah.\u2019 She said, \u2018Yeah.\u2019 We went and had lunch,\u201d according to Moreno. \u201cShe sat down and she said, \u2018Do you always pick people up like this in the market?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI told her the truth. I said, \u2018No, but you always have struck me as such a lovely person. Since I\u2019m new here and I don\u2019t know anybody, I thought I\u2019d take a dip.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Since then, the two have become pals. \u201cShe\u2019s lovely,\u201d says Moreno.<\/p>\n

That woman is one of several folks Moreno has befriended. \u201cI also met people from the apartment, the building, who are marvelous,\u201d she says. \u201cI\u2019m so lucky.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

[From People]<\/p>\n

The phrasing People went with at the beginning makes it sound like Rita\u2019s loneliness was partially caused by the loss of her husband. May I kindly direct People back to (their own) interview where Rita says she \u201cwould rather eat glass\u201d than get married again. Thank you, I just needed to clear that up.<\/p>\n

Happy Almost Birthday, Rita! I don\u2019t usually go the astrology route, but everything she says and does here is peak Sagittarius. The bluntness, the self-discovery, the philosophical questioning. Not to mention her casually (and hilariously) saying \u201cI\u2019ve never had to do the seeking before, they\u2019ve always flocked to me!\u201d<\/em> and \u201cShe recognized me, obviously!\u201d<\/em> Yeah, we Sadges can be like that, for better and worse. I find her so adorable here! \u201cDo you always pick people up like this in the market?\u201d<\/em> had me howling. I feel like if I tried to make a friend at my local Key Foods, though, it wouldn\u2019t end up in a nice lunch and camaraderie, so much as a mugging. (Is my New York showing?) Hey Netflix, why don\u2019t you make a holiday movie based on Rita\u2019s supermarket story \u2014 and cast it age appropriately! That\u2019s a movie I\u2019d like to see.<\/p>\n

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Photos credit: Colleen Hayes\/Netflix, Maurizio D’Avanzo\/IPA\/INSTARimages, Xavier Collin\/Image Press Agency\/ABACA\/INSTARimages.com\/Cover Images, Maria Laura Antonelli \/ AGF Foto \/ Avalo<\/small><\/p>\n

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