During the 2020 awards season, everyone and their mother thought Jennifer Lopez was an Oscars lock for her performance in Hustlers — and J.Lo was apparently no exception!
The superstar’s high hopes were revealed in her new Netflix documentary Halftime, which was filmed while the multi-hyphenate was prepping for her Super Bowl Halftime performance — and expecting a prestigious acting nomination to come to fruition.
Near the start of the doc, the Let’s Get Loud singer spoke about getting cast in Hustlers and explaining why it was such an important role for her.
She said, while footage showed her breaking a sweat during rehearsals to play stripper Ramona: After the film premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2019, people were saying J.Lo was a strong contender to score an Oscar nomination.
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