Since Jennifer Lopez filed for divorce from Ben Affleck on August 20, it's not uncommon to see the former lovers on the same wavelength. It must be said that the two have difficulty separating from their little blended family and still share their career in the seventh art.
Failing to give him the answer as in Troubled lovesBen Affleck reunited with the 55-year-old actress in the new film he is producing alongside Matt Damon,
Unstoppable. Invited to promote the American biographical drama at Entertainment Tonight this November 4, the 52-year-old actor was full of praise on his ex-wife.
Ben Affleck starts Jennifer Lopez's performance
If Ben Affleck rarely confides about his divorce, he agreed to make some confidences about the feature film. And he complimented Jennifer Lopez's performance in the film in which she plays the lead role: “Jennifer is spectacular”. He did not regret choosing the actress for this role: “We believed in good people”, he admitted.
In UnstoppableJennifer Lopez plays Judy Robles, the mother of an athlete born with only one leg. Despite her handicap, she does not let herself be defeated and pushes her child to be the best in his discipline. Questioned by an Amazon/MGM journalist this week, the actress spoke at length about her role for which she put a lot of effort into it.
“I approached the role with a total absence of ego”
To play this character, Jennifer Lopez slipped into the skin of this mother as reported by the Daily Mail : “I approached the role with a total absence of ego, because you have to go there and have a lot of respect for the person you are playing because this is his story“,
she confided. And to continue: “I disappeared, there was no Jennifer, no Jlo. The person on the screen is just Judy.”
Deadline commented on Jennifer's incredible performance, qualified as
“outstanding”. Everything suggests that the actress will be in the race for the 2025 Oscars. As a reminder, Jennifer Lopez has never been nominated for an Oscar, but she has been nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and an Emmy Award.
