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“When I think about that, I want to literally shoot my toe off”: Jennifer Lopez Regrets Refusing to Work in Movie That Could Have Earned Her Oscar Nomination and Millions of Dollars

by Siddhika Prajapati
5 months ago
in Celebrities, Celebrity News, Movies
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Jennifer Lopez Regrets Refusing to Work in Movie That Could Have Earned Her Oscar Nomination and Millions of Dollars

It can be challenging to find a job that you like. Sometimes, either out of necessity or simply because the offer initially seems good, people end up taking jobs that are not all that appealing. Although Hollywood stars seem to live in a reality that is far removed from the rest of the world. Well, every actor hopes to get the chance to play a significant role in a popular movie. Perhaps a different actor would have played some of the most famous roles because of their fortunate luck. Thus, some are not so successful in landing these coveted breakthrough roles, but a few years later they regret not taking them up.

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez

This also applies to Jennifer Lopez, who acknowledged that she had made a mistake by turning down a particular role in 2002’s Unfaithful. We’ll examine Lopez’s reasons for declining and the success of the project after Diane Lane was cast as the lead in Unfaithful.

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Jennifer Lopez wasn’t pleased with her choice to pass on Unfaithful

Because of Diane Lane‘s masterpiece portrayal of Connie Summer in Unfaithful in 2002, the movie received rave reviews and generated Oscar buzz. On looking back to this, Jennifer Lopez cited the romantic thriller as her biggest career regret in hindsight. The 50-year-old singer and actress claimed in a Vanity Fair interview that she had been offered Diane Lane’s Oscar-nominated part in the film. “There was a movie called Unfaithful. And it was offered to me and the script, for me, wasn’t all the way there. I should have known that [director] Adrian Lyne was going to kill it, but I didn’t.”

Jennifer Lopez flaunting the engagement ring Ben Affleck got her in the early 2000s
Jennifer Lopez flaunting the engagement ring Ben Affleck got her in the early 2000s

Richard Gere and Lane eventually starred in Adrian Lyne’s Unfaithful. The movie centers on a married couple whose relationship breaks down after the wife (Lane) has an extramarital affair. Lane was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Connie Sumner in the film. Speaking of Diane Lane’s masterpiece performance for the role, Lopez said, “Diane Lane was so perfect for it, and it was obviously meant to be her, but when I think about that… I want to literally, like, shoot my toe off. I do.” 

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Recently, Lopez and Ben Affleck celebrated their first Christmas together after hunkering down at home with their newly-blended family.

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Unfaithful saw Diane Lane excel, but the role was demanding

Unfaithful contains all the species that Oscar-material movies demand. Although Diane Lane delivered a performance deserving of an Oscar, it was reported behind the scenes that the entire cast found the four-month shoot to be draining and difficult. Lane discussed some of the production’s challenges 20 years after the movie’s debut, including suffering a terrible neck injury after filming a private scene 50 times.

Diane Lane
Diane Lane

Richard Gere and Diane Lane are excellent choices for the parts because they exude a calm materialism that appears contentedly based in the suburbs. Unfaithful does a passable job of giving a casual look at the benefits and drawbacks of adultery, but nothing in it is likely to be regarded as great art.

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Source: Vanity Fair

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Siddhika Prajapati

Siddhika Prajapati

Flights of occasional fantasies, strong opinions, encouraging hyperbole, and good grammar are what describe her. Literature Honors Graduate and Post-Graduated in Journalism, she is the Senior Entertainment Writer at Animated Times, who has now written more than 700 articles. She is madly in love with the lights, camera, and action sector. You would find her buried under printed fiction who is heavily influenced by dark humor. She has also written freelance pieces for other sites, including Indian Express, India Today and Outlook Group.

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