J-Lo Ben Are Starring In A New Movie Together—Can They Be Redeemed For ‘Gigli’?
12.05.2023 - 22:19
/ stylecaster.com
In March, Ben Affleck revealed his and pal Matt Damon’s Artist Equity would be producing Unstoppable, starring none other than Affleck’s wife, Jennifer Lopez. This raises the question: Does the couple that act together, stay together? History doesn’t stand on their side, but with copious side projects in addition to Unstoppable, both Affleck and Lopez are busy enough with their own independent work to avoid on-set tensions: Affleck’s AIR is dropping on Prime Video and Lopez is celebrating the release of The Mother on Netflix on May 12, 2023.
As we awkwardly shuffled through the memories of Gigli, 1993’s epic film fail starring both Affleck and Lopez, Affleck gave us some solid reasons to believe this new project could salvage our belief in “Bennifer” as the collaborative couple we can celebrate (and forgive).
Knowing the intense tabloid speculation he’d experience, Affleck reluctantly conceded to UK news publication The Independent that Lopez was starring in Unstoppable. He referred to Lopez as not only his wife but his best friend; someone he wanted to go to work with and spend his time with.
There’s not the weight of a power imbalance overshadowing their professional collaboration, either. Lopez has hardly been resting on her laurels while Affleck is busy negotiating new productions. In The Mother, she stars as an assassin who comes out of hiding to protect the daughter she abandoned from violent assailants pursuing both women.
GIGLI, Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck, 2003. Image: Columbia/courtesy Everett Collection
As Harlee Santos in Shades of Blue, Lopez defied the cynics by imbuing her single mother police detective with the compassion, steeliness, determination and wiliness of a hardened New York cop facing the end of