[Blind Gossip] Triple threat performer Jennifer Lopez was recently part of a roundtable discussion for The Hollywood Reporter.
When the subject of #MeToo came up, Jennifer told a story that you have read before on Blind Gossip.
This time, though, she added a couple of interesting details!
Scarlett Johansson and Lupita Nyongo were two of the other roundtable participants.
From The Hollywood Reporter:
MODERATOR Jennifer, you’ve told a story before about a director asking you to take your top off before shooting a scene.
LOPEZ A director at a fitting asked me to take my top off.
JOHANSSON To see what?
LOPEZ Because I was supposed to do nudity in the movie.
JOHANSSON Oh, they wanted to see your breasts?
LOPEZ He wanted to see my boobs. And I was like, “We’re not on set.”
JOHANSSON That is crazy.
LOPEZ Well, he was crazy. And …
JOHANSSON Oh my God, who was it?! I want to know.
LOPEZ And I said no, I stood up for myself. But it was so funny because I remember being so panicked in the moment. And by the way, there was a costume designer in the room with me. So there was another woman in the room and he says this and I said no. Luckily a little bit of the Bronx came out, and I was like, “I don’t have to show you my — No. On the set, you see them.”
JOHANSSON Thankfully you were like that, because not everybody would feel that way.
LOPEZ That’s the thing, because if you give in, in that moment, all of a sudden that person is off and running, thinking they can do whatever they want. And because I put up a little boundary right there and said no, he laid off and then later on apologized. But the minute he walked out of the room the costume designer was like, “I’m so sorry, I’m so sorry that just happened.”
It is interesting that a female costume designer was in the room at the time.
It is also interesting that Lopez now reveals that she knew that she was expected to remove her clothes in the movie and did, in fact, do so. If you go back and read the previous two blinds, her story has changed a bit.
Jennifer Lopez also talked about how her movie Hustlers employed the use of an “comfort coach” to make sure that the women were comfortable on the set.
LOPEZ On Hustlers, we had a comfort coach. It was basically somebody who understood that world and said, “These things are OK,” and, “These things are not OK.”
NYONG’O Oh, that’s good.
LOPEZ And made everybody on the set comfortable with what they were doing, because we had a lot of women who were half-dressed or naked, topless.
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Director/Movie:
[Optional] On a scale of 1-10, how talented is Jennifer Lopez?
donna47129 says
Dancing – 10, ya’ll saying she’s mediocre or less for dancing are killing me.
Honey16 says
I don’t believe her comeback to the director. She wants to be seen as tough, maybe she is, but I feel like she wants to be apart of that movement for some attention, imo. She comes across as someone who wouldn’t mind flashing a * bc she is so 🔥.
Singing-2
Acting- depends on the movie & if she is in a supporting role.
Dancing- hair slinging doesn’t count! Lol
I give her a 6…I’m really not impressed by her moves.
Fashion- 9…she can dress…
montebell says
Yes, she is driven, and has lasted in the biz for a long time, but I don’t think she is talented enough to be considered a triple threat. She is shrewd and knows how to stay in the news. Constantly. And please, woman, give the pursed lip squinty eyed pose a rest.
Hardball71 says
Utterly skeptical. Yes she has told ‘versions’ of this story and WOW does this ever make a super thirsty girl look good, right? She was so strong blah blah blah. I don’t buy it like I don’t buy all her paid PR relationships and sad pathetic attempts to stay relevant. I actually find her pretty too but boy is this wonky-eyed, weird-haired pic NOT a good one of JLo. She must hate it.
Musicsunlight says
She is mediocre at all her talents. Am still entertained by her so it’s not shade.
mmssjj18 says
Rob Cohen
The boy next door
She’s talented and keeping her status up
(Xenu don’t come for me)
Amityvillain says
Rob Cohen and The Boy Next Door.
Este8888 says
I’m glad she stood up for herself and she has an amazing work ethnic and dance chops but JLo’s really not that talented as an actress. Hustlers is a B rate movie at best that wouldn’t be taken seriously if it weren’t for Me Too and the fact it’s an all woman endeavor basically telling a story of women hustling their bodies for money. She’s incredibly lucky to have gotten as far as she has so to play this survivor of the patriarchy mode is some weak tea.
amagod121 says
Being lucky to get far in Hollyweird is 1 thing, but being put into a position of having to be propositioned in order to simply go to work & do her job is quite another. Most women get that, as most have had similar experiences but men seem to think its simple to handle. It isn’t because the women who complain to their companies are viewed as traitors who hurt the company. Going to the police did nothing unless you were r*ped. We were treated like nobodies, so glad that’s changing.
trivialtime says
Oliver Stone
U-Turn
10 for her social engineering skills
MinnieMe says
No idea on the direct.
Talent for JLo? Not much, say 3.
aaaZen says
Oliver Stone – U Turn
I do actually like J-Lo… she’s defo one of the more/most talented of the big name Jennifers out there..
SilverLining says
Oliver Stone
Optional: I don’t know what to rate her. I’ve liked some of her work & sometimes she seems relatable. She has a LOT of opinions, especially after she got a bit full of herself after starring in the movie, Selena. In her case, life has a way of keeping some people from getting too egotistical for a long time. I wish everyone would get this ‘kick in the a–‘ whenever necessary to keep sympathy/empathy in check. I’m the first one to sign up as I’ve been LUCKY to have my many…
bunnypenny9 says
Director: Rob Cohen
Film: The Boy Next Door
He was also accused of sexual abuse of his own daughter.
Just because J. Lo was going to be partially nude in the film, it doesn’t mean she had to show her body any time the director asked!
deepsigh says
Good for her for standing up to that skeevy director. He was on a weird ego power trip. “I have the power to make her take off her shirt whenever I want!” F THAT.
I’m going with 10. Not because she is the absolute end all best at singing,dancing,acting. But she has parlayed her talents into being
a global phenomenon. She has one Hell of a work ethic.
blablabla123 says
Seems she he had a topless scene in a Rob Cohen movie in 2015.
I always enjoy the things J-Lo does, she’s got that star quality, “it”.
LizardQueen says
Oliver Stone/U Turn
He would be blunt and crass like that even with another person (a woman no less) present. He is crazy!
Well… Lopez’s “talents” aren’t my thing. BUT, that woman is a work horse. I will give her kudos for ambition, hard work, and tenacity. That’s all I got for ya on the scale. LOL!!!
MrsWCleaver says
Was it Rob Cohen who directed The Boy Next Door?
Brunettetalk says
She plays a stripper in a movie and she’s affronted about showing her Tatas. Ha ha fade away Jenny please
OhYeah says
Playing a role in a movie and being told to strip for a private viewing for your boss’s pleasure are two entirely different things.
sunshine702 says
Rubin/ Money Train
5. Ahe is hot but wooden as an actress.
ghostrider44 says
Movie- Out of Sight, don’t know who was director.
On a scale of 1-10:
Dancing- 7
Acting- 6
Singing- 2
yaddayadda says
Soderbergh. You’re right. Costume designer was female. Soderbergh is a notorious perv.
Overall, I’d say an 8. She is a personality. That’s a harder job than it seems.