Another Actress Leaves LA for ‘Simpler Life’
By Movieguide® Contributor
LANDMAN star Ali Larter is one of many smart actors who’ve decided to take their family out of the spotlight in favor of a healthier lifestyle.
“If it was a conscious choice, I would never have believed that it was, you know, it was during COVID and our kids’ schools were shut down, and so we just went for two months,” the mom of two told Fox News Digital. “We were like, OK, we’ll go ski.”
“My daughter was in kindergarten…It was just a complete — it was a terrible time,” Larter recalled.
Her kids were using screens all day due to remote schooling.
“So, after a year, we just packed up the car and bounced. We figured it was an opportunity to go on an adventure as a family. And we just started driving north.” She told Rue Magazine.
“We fell in love with the beauty of the mountains and their quiet grandness. Neither of us had ever lived in a small town before,” she said. “People look out for each other. There’s a real sense of community here, and we’re so happy to be a part of it.”
She, her children and her husband, Hayes MacArthur, spent the summer in L.A. before they decided to stay in Idaho.
“We’re like, ‘Let’s give it a go,’ and we were really, really lucky to find an amazing community there,” the 48-year-old said. “And we really, really responded to the ethos of that town. It’s a simpler life with really generous people, and there’s an accountability when you live in a small town that we really loved raising our children in.”
“I think that the families that grew up there, that stayed there and the families that have moved there, so much of it is about family and nature,” she said. “There’s no big box stores, right? Like you’re not sitting on freeways. Like there’s just there’s more time in the day to, I think, to appreciate and acknowledge life and as a family with me and my husband who are now working so much.”
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Now that they’re all in Idaho, they are much more present.
“When we’re together, we’re there,” she continued. “And that’s a really, really beautiful place. And yeah, we just we love raising our children there. We didn’t know it was possible.”
“I don’t think Hayes and I ever thought that we would be able to leave Hollywood and then after the pandemic, you know, it really shook up our town and a lot of the work has moved anyway,” she said. “So, my husband’s shooting THE RUNAROUNDS in Wilmington, and I’m in Fort Worth doing LANDMAN and we wouldn’t be in LA anyway, so I think it’s been really exciting that we took the bold move to pivot, and we put our family first, and we’re really excited and proud of that decision.”
They built a 4,400-square-foot home in Sun Valley.
“Looking at the mountains relaxes and inspires me,” Larter explained of her new environment. “Most of the time in my life, I feel like I’m going 1,000 miles an hour and these giant rocks chill me out.”
“The mountains have a way of grounding you and slowing you down—especially when you’re stuck in traffic because there’s a herd of elk blocking the road,” she said.
The star shared a photo of herself in the mountains while horseback riding on Instagram last year. She said:
“Jersey cowgirl, back on the saddle! What can I say? If anyone told me 3 years ago that I would be living in the mountains, raising myself and my family, rediscovering my marriage, and that would lead to this new life I would never have believed it.
But trusting my gut, hiking these blessed mountains until tears burst through, laughing with new friends, always savoring great wine, occasionally pulling the covers over my eyes because the fears of the unknown were paralyzing, fighting for work and then landing the role of my dreams… it was always about having faith in the journey of life. The peaks and valleys. I hope everyone who reads this believes that everything they need is truly within reach if they dare to dream. ❤️?❤️
She’s excited to be back home after her press tour for LANDMAN ends.
“We’ve been doing – this is a two-week press tour – so just being without my kids that long is my maximum limit, so I just can’t wait to be grateful for that and also just shooting this show was challenging but incredibly rewarding, and I’m just so proud we were able to launch it. Paramount’s been amazing and I hope the people love it as much as we loved making it.”
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