Romantic comedies might be seen as pure fluff by some people, but Jennifer Lopez’s latest, “Marry Me”, gets at truths about stardom that the star could identify with.
In an interview with the New York Times, Lopez opens up about showing a more vulnerable side of herself in a movie about a famous singer attempting to navigate a private life in the public eye. “Once you’ve gotten burned a few times, you realize, ‘I have to be careful.’ If things are too deep and you put them out there, somebody might step on your heart,” she says. READ MORE: Jennifer Lopez Talks Staying Grounded While Living A Superstar Life In ‘Marry Me’ Behind-The-Scenes Video Some moments in the film, including a scene in which her character turns on “The Tonight Show” to find Jimmy Fallon cracking jokes about her, felt extraordinarily personal. “I had to remind myself in this movie that this was actually a safe place to let those feelings out,” Lopez says. “They’re making fun of me, that hurts.
My instinct was to act like it didn’t.” Talking about her own relationship to fame, she explains, “You really just want to sing and dance and act.
This whole other thing comes along with it that you have to learn how to navigate — having that public life, this artistic life and then your private life.
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