“You saved my shoe. I imply, my life.” Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey proved they had been a match made in rom-com heaven with The Wedding ceremony Planner.
The fan-favorite film, directed by Adam Shankman, follows Mary Fiore (Lopez), a career-driven marriage ceremony planner who’s on the prime of her sport. After scoring a significant gig, she finds herself injured in an accident that leads her into the arms of Steve Edison (McConaughey) — who she later learns is the groom within the high-profile marriage ceremony she’s set to work.
The heartwarming movie hit theaters on Tremendous Bowl weekend in 2001 — however that didn’t deter viewers from exhibiting up in droves and serving to make The Wedding ceremony Planner a No. 1 success. Twenty years later, Lopez and McConaughey just about reunited to reminisce on their time on set.
“I like that film,” Lopez instructed McConaughey in January 2021. “I can’t let you know how many individuals come as much as me and inform me, you realize, ‘The Wedding ceremony Planner was my favourite film.’ After you’ve achieved so many movies, that they carry that one up [is special].”
McConaughey echoed his former costar’s sentiment, including that he nonetheless will get acknowledged for the film “all around the world.” On the time, McConaughey even predicted that there may be “a resurgence” of the romantic comedy style within the coming years — and that Lopez may be the one to steer the cost.
“Particularly after [the coronavirus pandemic] … individuals are going, ‘Are you able to go and simply give me 90 minutes of escapism, of delight? I do know the couple’s gonna get collectively on the finish, I simply wish to see how.’”
The Interstellar actor went on to reward The Wedding ceremony Planner for its “lightness,” including, “We don’t get as a lot of it anymore however … The Wedding ceremony Planner is buoyant for a purpose. You’re dancing throughout the clouds and it feels a bit like Saturday night each day on set. It feels a bit like Saturday if you’re watching these films, for all the film, and also you don’t wish to really feel like Monday.”
Lopez and McConaughey had simple chemistry, however when the movie marked its twentieth anniversary, Shankman revealed that the 2 leads weren’t his first alternative — and that Minnie Driver was up for Lopez’s function.
“I didn’t understand [Jennifer] as a romantic comedy individual; she appeared too robust to me, frankly. However my company mentioned, ‘It’s a must to meet together with her: She learn the script and he or she actually needs to do that,’” the filmmaker instructed Yahoo! Leisure in January 2021, noting that he was “utterly hypnotized” by Lopez after they had been launched.
Although he didn’t notice it at first, the Hustlers actress ended up being an ideal match. “She was bold and understood all the things that was girly and female in regards to the film, however on the similar time acknowledged the engine within it,” Shankman continued. “There have been many components in regards to the real-life Jennifer that basically spoke to what the character was.”
Lopez, for her half, was at all times enchanted by the thought of a fortunately ever after. “Despite the fact that we’ve been by means of a troublesome 12 months, it’s like, miracles nonetheless occur,” she instructed McConaughey throughout their January 2021 video reunion. “Love prevails. Issues can go proper. All of that stuff, for certain.”
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