I’ve a particular place in my coronary heart for rom-coms: Marry Me actor Jennifer Lopez

Hollywood star Jennifer Lopez says she has a mushy spot for romantic comedies and that’s the reason she has finished a number of movies within the style, together with her upcoming film Marry Me.
Between 2000 and 2010, the singer-actor has starred in fashionable rom-coms corresponding to The Wedding Planner, Maid in Manhattan, Shall We Dance?, Monster-in-Law and The Back-up Plan.
“Yes, I do have a special place in my heart for rom-coms. That’s why I’ve done so many of these throughout my career,” Lopez stated in response to a query requested by PTI in the course of the digital press convention for Marry Me from Los Angeles.
As a film goer, the pop icon stated she loves romantic comedies particularly those starring Meg Ryan and Julia Roberts.
“They are some of my favourite movies of all time whether it is ‘When Harry Met Sally’ or ‘Prelude to a Kiss’, any of these kinds of movies of Meg Ryan era, Julia Roberts, all of those movies are what I grew up on in a way. I love them so much,” she added.

Jennifer Lopez’s final rom-com was 2018’s Second Act.
The 52-year-old actor, who has additionally produced Marry Me, stated engaged on the venture was like a “homecoming” of types as a result of she hadn’t finished a rom-com in a number of years.
“This year, I’ll have two coming out, Marry Me and then Shotgun Wedding will be out at some point which I did with Josh Duhamel. I’m excited to be able to do a couple (of them),” she added.
Directed by Kat Coiro, Marry Me is a contemporary love story about celeb, marriage and social media.
The problem with doing rom-coms, Lopez stated, is that it’s exhausting to “reinvent” them.
“How do you make it different from the last one because we always know that two people are going to wind up together? That’s going to be the end. So, it’s really about how interesting the journey is and the interaction between the two characters is. If that’s written well, that’s what makes me want to do it.” Based on the graphic novel by Bobby Crosby, the movie stars Jennifer Lopez as musical famous person Kat Valdez and Owen Wilson as Charlie Gilbert, a math trainer.
Kat chooses to marry Charlie throughout a stage present after she finds out that her fiance Bastian, performed by international Latin music star Maluma in his performing debut, has cheated on her and the video has gone viral on social media.
Lopez stated as there have been many similarities between her and her on-screen character, she didn’t must do any analysis to arrange for the half.
“This wasn’t a job the place I needed to analysis what it was to be a well-known recording artiste who does branding. I perceive all of it already. The tough half was the meta half, which is the thought of exhibiting what it’s actually like inside my bed room when one thing goes flawed and also you undergo a heartbreak in entrance of the entire world.
“The media kind of goes to town on you to unearth the story and understand it, kind of poke fun at it, and what that really feels like. There were a lot of moments there where I was able to bring a truth to the character in the emotional life,” she added.
The actor stated she is at some extent in her profession the place she is “kind of hitting my stride”.
“When I was younger, I was a bit more insecure, kind of finding my way. It’s great to be at a point in life where I feel I know and trust myself. But there are many things I can’t do, like I suck at basketball,” she quipped.
What additionally makes Marry Me, penned by John Rogers, Tami Sagher and Harper Dill, a related story for right now’s instances is the way it highlights the ugly facet of social media, she stated.
“It was simply tabloids or the press, now it’s social media as properly. It might be extra nervousness upsetting for folks within the public eye. But I believe that’s additionally what makes this (movie) a bit extra fashionable to have that component in it.
“What’s that to have a heartbreak and huge embarrassment in front of the world, how it travels so quickly. Today, if something happens, somebody’s gonna to see it, get it on camera, they are gonna talk about it, they’re gonna share it. Navigating that as a person in the public eye can be tricky, especially when difficult things happen in your life.” Marry Me can also be the primary time Lopez has created an album for a movie she has featured in and carried out the music herself as properly.
It was like “my two worlds” coming collectively, the singer, recognized for hit tracks like “Waitin’ For Tonight”, “If You Had My Love”, “On The Floor”, amongst others, stated.
“Making the album was great. Picking the music for the character, there was nobody who understood the character more than I did and nobody who knew what it is to be a musical artiste within this movie. To have Maluma fill in the blanks for his character and he did such a great job with the two songs,” she stated.
There are 12 songs within the soundtrack, composed by maestro John Debny, together with the titular “Marry Me”, “On My Way”, “Church”, “Love of My Life”, and “Segundo”.
The movie is scheduled to be launched on February 11, forward of Valentine’s Day, in theatres.

Asked what her very best Valentine’s Day plans could be, the actor stated she want to spend a while together with her companion away from the prying eyes of the paparazzi.
“It would be just me and my partner alone in a place where we don’t have to worry about people watching us, where there won’t be a bunch of paparazzi, where we can have some private moments and talk about life, love and just appreciating the company and being in love and together,” Lopez, who’s in a relationship with actor-filmmaker Ben Affleck, added.
John Bradley, Chloe Colman and Sarah Silverman additionally spherical out the forged of Marry Me.
The movie is offered by Universal Pictures in affiliation with Perfect World Pictures and is a Nuyorican and Kung Fu Monkey Production.