1 00:00:01,280 --> 00:00:03,680 Speaker 1: We've spent the last few episodes talking about j Loo. 2 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:06,960 Speaker 1: We've dished on how she's changed the fashion game. Then 3 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:09,399 Speaker 1: we told you how she's danced and sung her way 4 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:14,000 Speaker 1: into a twenty year career. Girl, we haven't even scratched 5 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:17,520 Speaker 1: the surface. Joseph, what do you think it takes to 6 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:23,240 Speaker 1: have a long lasting career in Hollywood? A lot of botox? Okay, 7 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:28,520 Speaker 1: what about charisma? That too? And when it comes to Jennifer, 8 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:32,280 Speaker 1: everyone can agree on one thing. She is Hella charismatic. 9 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:36,040 Speaker 1: It pops off the screen, whether it's on at the 10 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 1: handle stage, beatybabyma Baby, beaty beaty baby, BENI bum, take 11 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 1: us back, take us back, or in a trunk with 12 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:53,400 Speaker 1: a young er George Clooney, bitch, locked me up and 13 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:58,440 Speaker 1: throw away the key, or dancing on a pole. This 14 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 1: woman exudes Correa. On today's episode, we look back at 15 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:06,960 Speaker 1: her thirty year acting career, how she went from the 16 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:09,720 Speaker 1: dancer that nobody believed could act to one of the 17 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:17,080 Speaker 1: highest paid actresses in Hollywood, from Selena to hustlers. This 18 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:24,039 Speaker 1: is j Loo the actor. I'm your host, Lilian Vasquez 19 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:28,440 Speaker 1: and I'm Joseph Carrillo, and this is becoming an icon 20 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:31,600 Speaker 1: a weekly podcast where we give you the rundown on 21 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:35,560 Speaker 1: how today's most famous latint stars have shaped pop culture 22 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:39,400 Speaker 1: and given the world some extress able Sit back and 23 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:43,960 Speaker 1: get comfortable, because we are going in the only way 24 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:49,640 Speaker 1: we know how with Buena's some cheesy and a lot 25 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 1: of opinions as we relive their greatest achievements on our 26 00:01:53,120 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 1: journey to find out what makes them so iconic. What 27 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 1: is your favorite j Loo movie? Oh? My god, am 28 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:12,560 Speaker 1: I Drew Barrymore right? Now? Is there a right or 29 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 1: wrong answer to this? Are you going to come my 30 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:18,520 Speaker 1: partner by a pool? No, it's just a question. I 31 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:21,280 Speaker 1: just want you to answer honestly, like quick. What is 32 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 1: your favorite Jlo movie? Wedding Planner? I hate that I 33 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 1: said that? Why? I love that you said that you 34 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:29,400 Speaker 1: love a good rom com? I do, but I hate 35 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 1: that I love that. Okay, well, you don't have to 36 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 1: tell us why you love it, because later in this 37 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 1: episode we're going to rank our favorite j Loo movies. 38 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:40,240 Speaker 1: But you're gonna have to wait for that and for 39 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 1: me to reveal my favorite Jlo movie. Last time, we 40 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 1: discussed how for Jlo it all started with dancing. But 41 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:52,640 Speaker 1: remember she wanted to do it all a triple threat 42 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 1: like Rita in West Side Store, and even Mama Lupa 43 00:02:56,360 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 1: thought Jennifer was born an actress, which is why she enroled. 44 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:03,519 Speaker 1: Jennifer in theater classes as a child. Money well spent 45 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 1: if you ask me, because Jenny landed her very first 46 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 1: acting gig at the young age of sixteen. The film 47 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 1: was called My Little Girl, and it premiered at Sundance 48 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:16,640 Speaker 1: in nineteen eighty seven. Eighty seven. I think I missed 49 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:22,200 Speaker 1: Sundance that year. You weren't even born, were you. Yeah? 50 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:25,040 Speaker 1: Not many people saw the movie, but it didn't matter 51 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:28,400 Speaker 1: to Jennifer. She was on set with Mary Stuart Masterson 52 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 1: and James Earl Jones. Say it again. Can you imagine 53 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 1: getting advice and working with James Earl Jones. I mean, 54 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:43,880 Speaker 1: so he can tell me I'm going to be king, 55 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 1: which I've been knowing. So let's fast forward to nineteen 56 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 1: ninety three in Living Color is just her day job, 57 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 1: and at night she's taking acting classes. Every single night 58 00:03:56,800 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 1: that summer, she gets booked to tour the world with 59 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 1: Janet Jackson. Excuse me, miss Jackson, if you're nasty, fine, fine, 60 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 1: Miss Jackson. The year's nineteen ninety three. She's one of 61 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:11,320 Speaker 1: the biggest stars in the world and touring with her 62 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 1: is a very big deal. But last second, Jlo calls 63 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:20,799 Speaker 1: and says, y'all, I'm out. Jlo had to take control. 64 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:24,120 Speaker 1: That summer, she gets offered a role on the Fox 65 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:28,040 Speaker 1: comedy show South Central. She was already on in Living Color, 66 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:31,600 Speaker 1: but this was her first legit acting job on television. 67 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:35,279 Speaker 1: She wasn't a series regular, just a recurring role, but 68 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:38,320 Speaker 1: it was a big break and a few months into 69 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:43,040 Speaker 1: the show, well it got canceled. I hate getting canceled. 70 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:47,039 Speaker 1: Wait did someone cancel you? Well, not yet, but let's 71 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 1: be honest, it's just a matter of time. Okay. So 72 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:53,600 Speaker 1: Jlo got back to acting and auditioning, but there just 73 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 1: weren't a whole lot of rules for lefting out women 74 00:04:55,680 --> 00:05:01,279 Speaker 1: out there, and to be honest, there still aren't. Jenny 75 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:05,359 Speaker 1: Jlo kept grinding and going to auditions for films and 76 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 1: television roles, and in her own words, she says, if 77 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:10,240 Speaker 1: you're going to make it in the business, you need 78 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:12,560 Speaker 1: the kind of personality that you have to do it 79 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:16,600 Speaker 1: or die. There's no alternative. Listen, you have to keep 80 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:19,280 Speaker 1: showing up in the rooms and trying even when they 81 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:22,080 Speaker 1: turn you down, You're getting your name out there. And 82 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:25,760 Speaker 1: that's exactly what Jennifer was doing. She was gaining recognition 83 00:05:25,839 --> 00:05:29,840 Speaker 1: in Hollywood. In nineteen ninety five, that's when things started 84 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 1: falling into place. She gets a supporting role in Mefa Media, 85 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:37,440 Speaker 1: a movie about three generations of a Latino family living 86 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:41,280 Speaker 1: in southern California. In the movie, she plays Maria Sanchez, 87 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 1: a woman who carries her infant son across a raging 88 00:05:44,839 --> 00:05:48,960 Speaker 1: river after being deported for one scene. They offered Jlo 89 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 1: a stunt double, but she said, no, Mama, I'm freezing 90 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:56,320 Speaker 1: to death if I have to. The girl was committed. 91 00:05:57,080 --> 00:06:00,320 Speaker 1: That commitment was honored with a Best Supporting Actress Nation 92 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:04,120 Speaker 1: at the nineteen ninety five Independent Spirit Awards, and it 93 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:07,839 Speaker 1: impressed the director Gregory Nava, who would later cast Jennifer 94 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:10,840 Speaker 1: in a little biopic he was working on at the time. Oh, 95 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:13,680 Speaker 1: I know which one first, though, hold on, hold on? 96 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:16,960 Speaker 1: She gets cast in Money Train. Have you seen that one? 97 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 1: I think it was a Sundance the year I didn't go, 98 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 1: of course, right, So here's why I bring it up. 99 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:26,680 Speaker 1: That movie stars Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes, who of 100 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 1: course had just come off White Men Can't Jump and 101 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:32,680 Speaker 1: had incredible chemistry. The entire movie is built around them 102 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 1: being charming and funny. But you want to know what happens. 103 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 1: Jay Low takes the screen with them, and she is 104 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 1: literally all you can look at. There's that charisma exactly. 105 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 1: You can just see her on screen and realize that 106 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 1: she's a star. And both of her co stars saw 107 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:54,839 Speaker 1: it too. Did you know that Harrelson and Snipes both 108 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:57,040 Speaker 1: hit on her? It was like they were fighting for 109 00:06:57,120 --> 00:07:02,520 Speaker 1: her love? Shut your but yes, I know. She had 110 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:05,479 Speaker 1: two of Hollywood's leading men both buying after her, but 111 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaker 1: she was dating her first serious partner, David Cruz at 112 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:11,960 Speaker 1: the time, so she turned them both down. Oh my god, 113 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:15,240 Speaker 1: tell me more about David Cruz please. You know what 114 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:17,360 Speaker 1: the thing is with him is that there's not a 115 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:20,760 Speaker 1: lot to tell, but you can hear all about it 116 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:26,120 Speaker 1: in next week's episode when we dish on Jalo's love life. Okay, 117 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 1: so let's get back to that biopic Gregory Nava was 118 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 1: going to film. It's about a young the Hannah singer 119 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 1: named Selena, Yes, Joseph Selena Abraham Kentthenia Selena's father had 120 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:43,640 Speaker 1: announced that Nava would be directing and writing the movie 121 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:47,560 Speaker 1: about the Hannah Singer, and obviously, since he had directed 122 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:52,360 Speaker 1: Me Familia, Jennifer was a shoe in right. I hate 123 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 1: to burst your bubble here, but I'm going to fact 124 00:07:54,520 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 1: check you. Selena's father made Lopez audition. What the fuzz 125 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 1: my girl journey? Don't read for any part? Well, if 126 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 1: you knew Abraham Kentthenia you would understand. And here's the thing. 127 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:11,680 Speaker 1: We know she got the role, but she ended up 128 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:15,880 Speaker 1: having to beat twenty two thousand other applicants, so it 129 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:19,640 Speaker 1: took a very long time, to the point that between 130 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 1: auditions she had time to work on not one, but 131 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:28,840 Speaker 1: two other productions, Blood and Wine and then Anaconda. Damn Anaconda. 132 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:34,880 Speaker 1: Don't want none unless you got bunns hun. I love 133 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:37,400 Speaker 1: the nineties. Why are we doing an entire podcast about 134 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:40,199 Speaker 1: the ninety We roll the next one? The next one? Okay? Mine? 135 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:44,720 Speaker 1: Now that being said, with Selena, Jennifer became the first 136 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 1: Latina actress to be paid a million dollars for a film. 137 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:51,679 Speaker 1: I remember there was a lot of reservations about the film. 138 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:56,440 Speaker 1: Development started only a year after her passing. I think 139 00:08:56,520 --> 00:08:59,440 Speaker 1: that's what triggered a lot of people. They felt the 140 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:04,920 Speaker 1: family was making money play using their daughter's name. Don't 141 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:07,400 Speaker 1: you need to mourn the loss of your daughter, of 142 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:12,040 Speaker 1: your sister, of your wife, or as hello. I just 143 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:16,000 Speaker 1: felt the movie had a lot of controversy surrounding it. 144 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:19,720 Speaker 1: Did you watch it in the theaters when it came out? 145 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:22,600 Speaker 1: Did I did? I'm from al Paso, Texas, so Mitch, 146 00:09:22,679 --> 00:09:25,120 Speaker 1: you know I was watching that movie. Oh no, we 147 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:26,360 Speaker 1: all were. I mean, I think that's one of the 148 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:29,880 Speaker 1: things that you and I share is we're both Texans Mexicanos, 149 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:35,960 Speaker 1: and we were teens tweens when this all happened. I 150 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 1: remember the day Selena died because my mom came and 151 00:09:41,679 --> 00:09:47,080 Speaker 1: pulled me out of school. No, yes, she was so devastated. 152 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:48,800 Speaker 1: She came and got me and I was like, what 153 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:51,560 Speaker 1: why are you here? And then like it was a 154 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:53,400 Speaker 1: whole thing, we went to my Thea's house. I mean, 155 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:56,080 Speaker 1: it was major. So the fact that this happened and 156 00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:58,679 Speaker 1: then a year later, year about this project about Selena 157 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:01,800 Speaker 1: was like not enough time. Time had passed. But the 158 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:06,600 Speaker 1: bigger controversy was the fact that Jennifer, who was Puerto 159 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 1: Rican is going to be playing Selena, who was the 160 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:15,800 Speaker 1: Hannah Mexicana. I mean, people were pissed. I was pissed. 161 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:20,760 Speaker 1: I'm still pissed. Okay, fair and I was with you originally. 162 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:26,680 Speaker 1: But who else at that time could have possibly played 163 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:30,559 Speaker 1: the role Personally. I don't think that we have Selena 164 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:35,160 Speaker 1: the movie, the legendary, the iconic film without Jennifer Lopez 165 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:36,800 Speaker 1: in this role. I don't know that we have Jennifer 166 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:39,960 Speaker 1: Lopez as of today without this role. I agree. I 167 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:41,920 Speaker 1: was about to say that Jayla wouldn't be the force 168 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:44,840 Speaker 1: that she is because in that movie, it proved the singing, 169 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:50,559 Speaker 1: the dancing, the everything. This role was made for her. 170 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:54,440 Speaker 1: I feel like that Selena's spirit went in to Jaylo. 171 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:58,959 Speaker 1: I'm serious. I think Selena would have been this Selena 172 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:02,080 Speaker 1: would have been Jaylo. They kind of merged. No I know, 173 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:09,400 Speaker 1: I'm getting I'm literally getting goosebumps and Selena. The film 174 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:13,480 Speaker 1: went on to make over eleven million dollars on its 175 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:17,360 Speaker 1: opening weekend. The role also earned Jennifer a Golden Globe 176 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:20,439 Speaker 1: nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or 177 00:11:20,559 --> 00:11:24,520 Speaker 1: Comedy and propelled her to Hollywood stardom Baby, and the 178 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:28,240 Speaker 1: film's success even boosted Anaconda, a movie about a ginormous 179 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:30,560 Speaker 1: snake that had ice cubin it, which was released just 180 00:11:30,760 --> 00:11:34,520 Speaker 1: a month later. Jlo got it to a hundred million 181 00:11:34,679 --> 00:11:38,240 Speaker 1: at the box office. I thought it was Semia l. Jackson. No, 182 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:41,200 Speaker 1: that's snakes on a plane now, Well, bitch, how many 183 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:46,880 Speaker 1: snake movies are there? Way way too many. But with this, 184 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:52,000 Speaker 1: Jlo had officially cemented herself as a serious actress, making 185 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:55,439 Speaker 1: Hollywood her own. She was working with everyone. She did 186 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:58,400 Speaker 1: a Francis Ford Coppola movie, with Robin Williams, she did 187 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:01,920 Speaker 1: a movie with Jack Nicholson. Well, even Oliver Stone was 188 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:07,199 Speaker 1: calling her Jenny, that boy Cray. She had no choice 189 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:09,920 Speaker 1: but to ride the wave of this success. And what 190 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:13,000 Speaker 1: better project to take on than a film directed by 191 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:26,600 Speaker 1: Steven Soderbergh aka the Father of Ocean's trilogy. Out of 192 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:29,600 Speaker 1: Sight came out in nineteen ninety eight and it was 193 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:33,920 Speaker 1: a huge success. It was originally supposed to be George 194 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:39,280 Speaker 1: Clooney opposite Sandra Bullock. Really yeah, but Jlo beat out 195 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:42,320 Speaker 1: Sander for the role. Soderbergh said that while Bullock and 196 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:45,680 Speaker 1: Clooney had great chemistry. It just wasn't right for the 197 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:49,240 Speaker 1: movie they were trying to make. There's that charisma again. 198 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:52,360 Speaker 1: I'm telling you, if you guys have not seen out 199 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:56,080 Speaker 1: of Sight, please go back and watch it. I could 200 00:12:56,160 --> 00:13:00,360 Speaker 1: not believe that Clooney and Jlo weren't an item after 201 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:03,440 Speaker 1: I saw that movie in nineteen ninety eight. They were 202 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:08,720 Speaker 1: buyer on screen. So much sexual chemistry, so much tension, 203 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:12,640 Speaker 1: and the movie is just so well written. If I'm 204 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:15,440 Speaker 1: going to be honest, it's I think some of her 205 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:21,960 Speaker 1: best work. That's a claim for Out of Sight. J 206 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:25,439 Speaker 1: Loo doubled her Selina earnings and ended up taking home 207 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:28,920 Speaker 1: a paycheck of two million dollars. And like you said, 208 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:32,719 Speaker 1: these two are just electric in this movie. The two 209 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:35,720 Speaker 1: of them even got nominated for an MTME Movie Award 210 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:39,480 Speaker 1: for Best Kiss. Oh my god, did they kiss? Did 211 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:42,839 Speaker 1: they kiss on stage? Sorry, Joseph, they did not blame. 212 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:48,200 Speaker 1: And here's a little insider t Allegedly the two of 213 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:54,240 Speaker 1: them hated each other on set. What I know, it 214 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:58,000 Speaker 1: just proves that our girl j Loo can act. And 215 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:01,199 Speaker 1: the movie was so good it ended up earning two 216 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:07,000 Speaker 1: OSCAR nominations Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Film editing. Jennifer 217 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:10,680 Speaker 1: had made it. She was bona fide in the industry 218 00:14:10,960 --> 00:14:14,480 Speaker 1: and girl was out there were king By the time 219 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:19,400 Speaker 1: the film was released, she had already filmed six other movies, 220 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:24,280 Speaker 1: and yes, that includes The Cell, Angel Eyes, Enough, Joseph's Favorite, 221 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:28,400 Speaker 1: and An Unfinished Life for Me. She was looking really 222 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:30,960 Speaker 1: high fashion in The Cell. Yeah. It didn't receive a 223 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:35,680 Speaker 1: nomination for Best Makeup at the Oscars for nothing. The makeup, 224 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:39,960 Speaker 1: hair and wardrobe on this film was very special because 225 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:44,400 Speaker 1: Jalo never Jalo is romcom Jlo is Selena. Jalo likes 226 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:46,840 Speaker 1: to look pretty. Jalo likes the hair and the busticaca, 227 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:50,960 Speaker 1: all that stuff. This it was heavy eyeliner, it was gossica. 228 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:55,000 Speaker 1: It was pointy cupid's bow that's the little soft part 229 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:57,840 Speaker 1: on the top of your lip. It was fashion. It 230 00:14:57,920 --> 00:15:01,400 Speaker 1: was dramatic, but fashion. Yeah, No, totally. And I think 231 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:04,720 Speaker 1: you're right. I don't think we've really ever seen Jlo 232 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:09,400 Speaker 1: transform for a role. You think about all of the 233 00:15:09,480 --> 00:15:12,440 Speaker 1: women that are her contemporaries. You think of Charlie's Theron, 234 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:15,160 Speaker 1: you think of Angelina Jolie, right, You think of how 235 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:19,160 Speaker 1: they transform from movies, and that's not really the kind 236 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:22,160 Speaker 1: of roles that, well, we don't know, but either Jlo 237 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 1: doesn't pursue those roles or the industry isn't bringing her 238 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:28,000 Speaker 1: those roles. And I think you're right. In the Cell 239 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:30,120 Speaker 1: was the first time where she was more like a 240 00:15:30,280 --> 00:15:34,880 Speaker 1: character versus Oh, this is a dowdy version of Jlo. Oh, 241 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:37,840 Speaker 1: this is the down and out version of jl in 242 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:40,760 Speaker 1: even in Enough. It's funny you say that because those 243 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:42,920 Speaker 1: two movies stand out to me because I feel like 244 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:46,240 Speaker 1: in Hustlers, it's still very much to Jlo we know, 245 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:48,560 Speaker 1: but in Enough and in the Cell, it's Jenny from 246 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 1: the Block to your point, at Hustler's very Jenny in 247 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:55,000 Speaker 1: the Block. Enough in the Cell were just so so so, 248 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:57,920 Speaker 1: still to this day, very different than anything she's ever done. 249 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:02,360 Speaker 1: Despite what she had accomplished when it came to Jlo, 250 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:05,360 Speaker 1: Hollywood just really didn't know what to do with her. 251 00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 1: Most of the great roles kept going to guess the 252 00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:13,760 Speaker 1: white actresses. It wasn't until she had her breakout role 253 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 1: in Selena that people started taking her seriously. Despite the 254 00:16:17,360 --> 00:16:20,640 Speaker 1: fact that she was already working with big names both 255 00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:24,320 Speaker 1: in front of and behind the camera. She definitely used 256 00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:26,600 Speaker 1: that to her advantage. She didn't see the fact that 257 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:30,800 Speaker 1: she was Latina as a hindrance. She embraced it, and 258 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:33,720 Speaker 1: what better way to embrace it than in romantic comedies. 259 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:37,360 Speaker 1: At this point, everyone knows she can act, but Jlo 260 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:39,640 Speaker 1: is a woman that believes in love. She believes in 261 00:16:39,640 --> 00:16:42,240 Speaker 1: the fairy tale of it all. Like them calling you 262 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:45,160 Speaker 1: back when they promised they would, is everything okay? Joe, 263 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:48,120 Speaker 1: So yeah, I'm fine. He knows who he is. Back 264 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:52,560 Speaker 1: to Jenny. She wanted to prove that Latina's could experience 265 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:56,120 Speaker 1: love too, both in real life and on the big screen. 266 00:16:56,760 --> 00:17:00,200 Speaker 1: So in two thousand and one, she enters a whole 267 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:03,240 Speaker 1: new phase in her career and takes over romcoms with 268 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:06,879 Speaker 1: The Wedding Planner. It was directed by Adam Shankerton and 269 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:09,959 Speaker 1: starred Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey. All Right, All Right, 270 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:13,479 Speaker 1: All Ride. The film had been in development for years, 271 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 1: with the likes of Mini Driver, Jennifer Love, Hewittt and 272 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:21,160 Speaker 1: Sarah Michelle go Wow, they're cute, but they're not Jennifer, 273 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:25,320 Speaker 1: not even clothes. The film was in production and development 274 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:28,480 Speaker 1: while she was still known as just Jennifer Lopez, but 275 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:33,080 Speaker 1: by the time the film premiered, everyone would know these 276 00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:39,919 Speaker 1: three letters. Jay l Oh j Loo was born on 277 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:43,520 Speaker 1: January twenty three. She released her album j Loo. Three 278 00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:47,680 Speaker 1: days later, Sony released her rom com, making history by 279 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:50,560 Speaker 1: having a number one album and a number one film 280 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:56,119 Speaker 1: at the same time. You better work, bitch. Why do 281 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:59,920 Speaker 1: you think Jlo is still lovable as a romcom lead? Okay, well, 282 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:06,240 Speaker 1: think about the checklist of romcom leads. What are the 283 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:09,800 Speaker 1: things that we as an audience require our stars to 284 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:13,120 Speaker 1: be in a romcom. You want them to be accessible, 285 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:15,639 Speaker 1: You want them to be pretty. You need them to 286 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:18,679 Speaker 1: be funny, but not too funny. You need them to 287 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:21,720 Speaker 1: be slightly more successful than you because you do want 288 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:23,960 Speaker 1: them to be a little aspirational, but not too much. 289 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:27,439 Speaker 1: And you need to feel they make mistakes along the 290 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:31,520 Speaker 1: way and that they can be rescued. So you're describing 291 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:36,280 Speaker 1: Julia Roberts to the tea, yes, but I'm also describing 292 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:40,200 Speaker 1: j Lo. Think about it. She hits every single one 293 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:43,520 Speaker 1: of those notes, and that's why, during this time in 294 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:48,000 Speaker 1: her life, she was the reigning rom com queen. Okay, 295 00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:50,199 Speaker 1: you're right, you're right. And then she gave us a 296 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:54,720 Speaker 1: maide in Manhattan, which is basically pretty Woman exactly. And 297 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:58,639 Speaker 1: while many would believe the Cinderella Story was adamant about 298 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:01,760 Speaker 1: commenting on race and ethnics, did you know that that 299 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:05,480 Speaker 1: role was originally offered to Sandra Bullock before it was 300 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:08,640 Speaker 1: even option to j Loo. I literally cannot believe that. 301 00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:12,040 Speaker 1: I know. I can't even imagine this movie without Jennifer. 302 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:15,959 Speaker 1: And while the critics didn't love it, audiences ate it up. 303 00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:21,720 Speaker 1: It was one of her highest grossing films at the time, 304 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:26,040 Speaker 1: despite lukewarm responses from the critics. But Jennifer wasn't just 305 00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:29,560 Speaker 1: working her magic on screen. Behind the scenes, she was 306 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:33,080 Speaker 1: starting her own production company, New yor Rekan Productions. I 307 00:19:33,119 --> 00:19:36,960 Speaker 1: love that she named it that same get it Jlo. 308 00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:41,359 Speaker 1: She brought the six back, bitch. She's like, can I 309 00:19:41,440 --> 00:19:43,639 Speaker 1: ride this six all the way to Hollywood? Let me 310 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:45,959 Speaker 1: get on that trade, Let me get that New York Weekend. 311 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:56,320 Speaker 1: Get that New York Weekend train up here. Next up 312 00:19:56,359 --> 00:19:59,000 Speaker 1: in the Holy Trinity of Jenny from the Block Romcoms 313 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:02,280 Speaker 1: is Monster. The two thousand and five romantic comedy film 314 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:05,960 Speaker 1: starred Jennifer Lopez, Michael Vartan, Wanda Sykes, and the one 315 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:11,800 Speaker 1: and only Jane Fonda. Jane Fonda. This was Jane Fonda's 316 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:16,560 Speaker 1: first film in like fifteen years, and Lopez brought Fonda 317 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:20,200 Speaker 1: back into the acting world on theme with Jalo releases 318 00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:23,760 Speaker 1: around this time. Critics couldn't vibe with the script or 319 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:27,080 Speaker 1: even Lopez herself, but it didn't matter. It was still 320 00:20:27,119 --> 00:20:31,560 Speaker 1: a box office hit. It also earned Jennifer a fifteen 321 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:35,679 Speaker 1: million dollar paycheck, making her the highest paid actress in 322 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:40,160 Speaker 1: Hollywood's history at that time. One that's super crazy because 323 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:43,160 Speaker 1: she was Latina, and two the critics could shove it. 324 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:47,919 Speaker 1: I loved Monster in Law. I'm sorry the blend of 325 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:53,719 Speaker 1: physical comedy with actual comedy on screen. When Jane and 326 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:58,480 Speaker 1: Jalo slap each other back and forth and back and forth, 327 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:02,639 Speaker 1: it gets no better than two divas on screen literally 328 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:04,879 Speaker 1: slapping the shit out of each other. I need to 329 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:06,919 Speaker 1: talk to the critics who didn't like it. I just 330 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,560 Speaker 1: really want to know why, because I thought it was 331 00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:11,679 Speaker 1: I don't live in a heterosexual norm where I know 332 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:12,879 Speaker 1: what it is to have like a husband and a a 333 00:21:13,119 --> 00:21:16,000 Speaker 1: Monster in Law. I mean, I guess I could, because 334 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:18,800 Speaker 1: I could be buried, But anyways, I just imagine it 335 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:22,000 Speaker 1: would be so so real the movie was so good. 336 00:21:22,119 --> 00:21:25,080 Speaker 1: Wanda Sykes is one of the best parts of that film. 337 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:26,800 Speaker 1: The reason I love it and it has a whole 338 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:29,040 Speaker 1: new meaning to me now is that I have a 339 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:32,040 Speaker 1: son who is obviously a golden child, and no woman 340 00:21:32,119 --> 00:21:35,359 Speaker 1: will ever be deserving of his hand in marriage. So 341 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:39,919 Speaker 1: oh oh oh, I see, I see you see the future. 342 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:44,200 Speaker 1: Let's go back to our star. Jennifer was in her 343 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:47,880 Speaker 1: rom Calm Prime. Wait wait wait, wait, wait, we didn't 344 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:52,679 Speaker 1: talk about Jeelie. We have to come on. Just make 345 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:55,560 Speaker 1: it quick, make it quick, make it quick. Oh okay, okay, 346 00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:58,800 Speaker 1: so Geelie. All right. It was a very hot script. 347 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:02,399 Speaker 1: Everybody wanted to make it. Ben Affleck gets attached. He, 348 00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:04,520 Speaker 1: of course, at this time, has an oscar. He's one 349 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:08,320 Speaker 1: of the biggest box office draws alive. Then he started 350 00:22:08,359 --> 00:22:12,480 Speaker 1: dating Jennifer and the tabloids couldn't print photos fast enough. 351 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:18,200 Speaker 1: Benefit becomes a national obsession. So you're thinking the movie 352 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:24,200 Speaker 1: can't fail, right, except it does. The film is an 353 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 1: epic disaster. It's an embarrassment and the biggest punchline of 354 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:34,600 Speaker 1: the year. Damn right. Affleck even when on Jay Leno 355 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:38,879 Speaker 1: and reads the reviews and making fun of Julie. Should 356 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:42,400 Speaker 1: we read that? Okay, you might do the first one. Okay, 357 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:48,360 Speaker 1: Julie will appeal to celebrity gawkers and the certifiably insane. 358 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:52,320 Speaker 1: Or how about this one? Jeelie is so horrible that 359 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:54,280 Speaker 1: I had to go home and cleanse my palette by 360 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:59,240 Speaker 1: watching Glitter. That one is really low. By the way, y'all, 361 00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:02,880 Speaker 1: these are actual reviews. We are not this talented of writers. 362 00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:06,879 Speaker 1: Here's another one, speculating that the three point eight million 363 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:09,600 Speaker 1: that Julie has grossed is from the purchase of two 364 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:12,719 Speaker 1: one point nine million dollar tickets by Lopez an Affleck. 365 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:17,920 Speaker 1: The New York Times headline after Julie came out read 366 00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:24,800 Speaker 1: Ben and gen finally get some privacy. Damn NYT. That's rough. 367 00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:31,200 Speaker 1: That's harsh. Did you see it? I did not. I 368 00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:35,639 Speaker 1: it didn't get my attention, nothing, none of it. Zero. 369 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:43,000 Speaker 1: Can I tell you? Sorry? Sorry? Sorry, sorry, I didn't 370 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:50,920 Speaker 1: see you. Oh, miss number, Miss number. No, I can't 371 00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:52,760 Speaker 1: do my girl dirty like that. I knew what I 372 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:54,399 Speaker 1: was in for. I wasn't going to watch it. No, 373 00:23:54,520 --> 00:24:00,520 Speaker 1: thank you hard pass all this benefit drama really messed 374 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:03,960 Speaker 1: with her heart, her mind and her momentum. But she's 375 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:07,360 Speaker 1: no quitter, and she just kept it moving. In two 376 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:11,840 Speaker 1: thousand and six, she produced Elgante, starring her and her 377 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:16,000 Speaker 1: baby daddy, Mark Anthony, but after filming she decided to 378 00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:18,399 Speaker 1: take some time off to raise the twins. And after 379 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:22,159 Speaker 1: that her rom Combs took on a different theme love, 380 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:27,360 Speaker 1: marriage and babies, which, to be honest, isn't really that 381 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:30,040 Speaker 1: different from the movies that came before. But you could 382 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:32,879 Speaker 1: tell that she was embracing her new mommy status. She 383 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:35,600 Speaker 1: had the backup plan in two ten, what to Expect 384 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:39,040 Speaker 1: when You're expecting in twos and twelve, and then, just 385 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:41,320 Speaker 1: when the world thought that j Loo would be happy 386 00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:44,480 Speaker 1: making rom combs for the rest of her career, Oh shit, 387 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:51,840 Speaker 1: are we talking Hustlers? You know it? Twenty nineteen Hustlers. 388 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:55,679 Speaker 1: The film was originally being developed from Martin Scorsese, but 389 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:58,520 Speaker 1: no one could figure out how to tell the story. 390 00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:02,399 Speaker 1: That's when director Loreen's got Fatia stepped in and she 391 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:05,560 Speaker 1: brought Jennifer Lopez along with her. The film is based 392 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:08,000 Speaker 1: on a twenty fifteen New York Magazine article about a 393 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:10,480 Speaker 1: crew of New York City strippers who steal money from 394 00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:17,200 Speaker 1: CEOs and stock traders who frequented their club. Get that money, Haney, 395 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:23,960 Speaker 1: Well it was illegal. Whatever. J Loo trained day and 396 00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:26,600 Speaker 1: night for this film for two and a half months. 397 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:30,320 Speaker 1: She trained with her choreographer. Didn't she have like portable 398 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:34,160 Speaker 1: polls wherever she flew out too? She sure did, and 399 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:38,639 Speaker 1: the dedication showed she'd go home covered in bruises most nights. 400 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:41,520 Speaker 1: When speaking about the training for the role, she laid 401 00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:44,280 Speaker 1: down the truth. I've danced all my life, and I 402 00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:46,879 Speaker 1: work out every single day, and I can say without 403 00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:49,320 Speaker 1: hesitation that learning the bull dance was one of the 404 00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:54,159 Speaker 1: most challenging things I've ever done. And that's why you 405 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:56,760 Speaker 1: never go to the club without cash. Don't be a 406 00:25:56,880 --> 00:26:00,880 Speaker 1: cheap ast loser. These are star athletes here. That's right. 407 00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:04,360 Speaker 1: It should be an Olympic sport, Joseph serious, And this 408 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:07,359 Speaker 1: is exactly why Jlo was going to be sure this 409 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:11,879 Speaker 1: movie got seen. It's a movie that fights back against degradation, 410 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:15,000 Speaker 1: women that play a rigged game by their own rules. 411 00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:19,359 Speaker 1: You know what's insane to me? What Jlo was busy 412 00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:23,480 Speaker 1: promoting this film while also prepping to perform at the 413 00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:26,600 Speaker 1: Super Bowl halftime with Shakida. If I book too many 414 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:30,159 Speaker 1: appointments for one day, I'm literally taking a nap to 415 00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:32,879 Speaker 1: process the stress. And this is why you are not 416 00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:36,840 Speaker 1: Jennifer Lopez. They premiered the film at the Toronto International 417 00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:39,280 Speaker 1: Film Festival and presented the film to critics and did 418 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:42,280 Speaker 1: the Oscars Luncheon. All of it. She got nominated for 419 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:45,400 Speaker 1: a Golden Globe and an Independent Spirit Award. The only 420 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:49,840 Speaker 1: thing missing was that Oscar, and yet she didn't get nominated. 421 00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:53,080 Speaker 1: What gives It was kind of controversial at the time. 422 00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:55,439 Speaker 1: I remember covering this on E News and I'm not 423 00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:58,520 Speaker 1: saying anything, but it is a film directed by a 424 00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:05,159 Speaker 1: woman about women taking advantage of rich men's soul. Okay, okay, 425 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:08,479 Speaker 1: it seems like a touchy subject. Whatever it was, I 426 00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:13,240 Speaker 1: think everyone agrees that j Loo had been snubbed. The 427 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:17,399 Speaker 1: critics loved it, Hey, it made money, yeah, and people 428 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:19,520 Speaker 1: really thought she was going to at least get nominated 429 00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:22,280 Speaker 1: for an Oscar for this. But she for sure thought 430 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:23,840 Speaker 1: she was going to get it, and so did the 431 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:27,320 Speaker 1: rest of her team. After all that, what a disappointing 432 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:31,960 Speaker 1: end to the story, right, and in her documentary halftime, 433 00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:35,560 Speaker 1: her Awards season campaign almost got as much screen time 434 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:39,840 Speaker 1: as the Super Bowl prep and show honestly, who cares. 435 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:43,160 Speaker 1: The fans didn't care. All she does is win, win, win, 436 00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:46,800 Speaker 1: no matter what, and it did put that ass back 437 00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:50,360 Speaker 1: on the map. That's a win, right, absolutely the biggest 438 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:53,679 Speaker 1: win of all. And it was a triumphant return to 439 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:59,840 Speaker 1: dramatic acting. That girl can really do it all. Jennifer 440 00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:04,360 Speaker 1: from idolizing female figures like Rita Modano and Selena Kinthania 441 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:08,000 Speaker 1: to becoming an inspiration for other young latinos. Talk about 442 00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:11,760 Speaker 1: full circle. She had married me with Malomma and she's 443 00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:15,600 Speaker 1: going back to her rom com days with Shotgun Wedding. Listen. 444 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:18,480 Speaker 1: There's really no other way to say this. She's an icon. 445 00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:21,840 Speaker 1: But before we call it a day, we couldn't help 446 00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:26,200 Speaker 1: but rank her top three films according to industry experts 447 00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:31,760 Speaker 1: aka us Okay, Joseph, go just spit them out. The 448 00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:38,880 Speaker 1: wedding planner, the sell enough. You and I are so different? Okay, 449 00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:41,720 Speaker 1: here it goes mine, ready, three in order backwards, three 450 00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:46,880 Speaker 1: two one, Monster in Law Selena. Oh my god, I 451 00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:50,960 Speaker 1: forgot about that one, and excuse me, it's my turn. 452 00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:55,760 Speaker 1: Monster in Law Selena, out of sight. That's it. There's 453 00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:59,440 Speaker 1: no room for debate. Oh y'all can debate us on Twitter. 454 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:05,080 Speaker 1: So we've covered her career, but before we turn the 455 00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:09,640 Speaker 1: page on j Lo, did he ben mark a Rod? 456 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:15,520 Speaker 1: Can we skip a Rod? Agreed? Okay, Ben Again, we 457 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:20,479 Speaker 1: are dishing on Jlo's love life on the next Becoming 458 00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:30,400 Speaker 1: an Icon. 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