Jennifer Lopez Details Her “Great Chemistry” With Brett Goldstein

As for Brett, the 45-year-old—who co-wrote the film with Joe Kelly—was also a fan of Jennifer’s past work, admitting he and Joe specifically wrote the script with the singer in mind.

“We started asking ourselves who the best romcom star is, and without hesitation, we both said J.Lo,” Brett told People. “It’s easy to write a romcom when you have J.Lo in mind. She’s the best at this stuff. We just wanted to write something funny and smart enough to be worthy of her saying yes.”

In the film—which premieres on Netflix June 5—Jennifer stars as the CEO of a major company who falls for her newly hired employee, played by Brett. Before long the two are engaged in a secret love affair.

And from the moment Jennifer read the script, she knew it was a movie she wanted to be part of. 

“They sent me the script and they were like, ‘We wrote this for you. If you don’t do it, we’re not even making the movie,'” she recalled on Sirius XM’s BPM in April. “But it was really funny and me and Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, my producing partner, really loved it.”

And while the film certainly calls back to the Wedding Planner alum’s past romcoms, it does so with a new flair.

“It’s a little bit edgier than a normal J.Lo rom-com in a way,” she explained, “but it has all the DNA of a classic romantic comedy that you love. That you just kind of really fall in love with the characters and things like that.”

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