For the 54-year-old—dad to Violet, 20, Seraphina, 17, and Samuel, 13, with ex Jennifer Garner—it was not at all a question for him and producing partner Matt Damon to attach their names to the project.
“She’s amazing, spectacular and I’m thrilled to be a part of it,” he said. “She pulls it off with grace and aplomb and she’s wonderful. I love her performance in the movie.”
As he put it, “This role, she was just clearly born to play.”
Lopez, meanwhile, admitted that the role also provided a “refuge” during the final months of marriage to Affleck, whom she tied the knot with in 2022 before splitting up two years later.
“It was every moment on set and every moment I was doing this role, I was so happy,” Lopez detailed to CBS Mornings in an interview last September, “And then back home, it was not great.”
Still, the 57-year-old believed that the struggle was worth the payoff. As she put it, “Honestly, I have to say it was the best thing that ever happened to me.”
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