Jennifer Lopez's 'defining piece of work' all about romance with Ben Affleck

14 February 2024 , 22:32

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Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are sharing their love story with the world (Image: Variety via Getty Images)

Jennifer Lopez has revealed her “defining” new film project charts her 20-year journey to love that leads to her reunion with hubby Ben Affleck.

The 54-year-old superstar tied the knot with Hollywood actor Ben, 51, in 2022, having first been engaged in 2002. J-Lo said: “I’ve been on this journey, and I’ve been trying to figure it out. Now I feel like because Ben and I have rediscovered each other – and now that we’re married – I have something to offer. This is the defining piece of work that’s going to close that chapter so I can move on to the next part of my life.”

The couple attended This Is Me… Now: A Love Story in Los Angeles on Tuesday. The film is a musical and visual ­reimagining of events that inspired her upcoming album This Is Me… Now, the sequel to 2002 album This Is Me… Then. Lopez revealed Ben’s advice, including self-financing the screen project, helped push her over the finish line.

J-Lo told Variety: “Ben told me, ‘You’re going to write it, and then you’re going to film it.’ You’re going to do a rough cut, and you’re going to see what it needs, and you’re going do three days of reshoots.’ I said, ‘I can’t do that – I don’t have any more money!’ But he was like, ‘You’re going to do a few days of reshoots, and then you’re going to go back in and edit it. And you’re going to tell your story.’”

She has said the album is more about her search for love rather than them. In the film teaser, she says: “When I was a little girl, when someone asked what I wanted to be when I grew up, my answer was always... in love.”

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• This is Me Now: A Love Story is out on Prime Amazon tomorrow.

Mark Jefferies