Jennifer Lopez says she dreamed she’d get an Oscar nod for Hustlers after getting her ‘hope’
She received some of the best reviews of her career for a scene-stealing assist performance in Crime Hustlers 2019.
But Jennifer Lopez was particularly frustrated at being snubbed when the Academy Award nominations were announced and her film scored zero, Netflix’s new Halftime documentary reveals.
“I have my hopes,” the 52-year-old actress and singer admits in the film.
Missed: Jennifer Lopez delves into her feelings of disappointment after she was eliminated for the Academy Award for Hustlers (2019) in the new documentary Halftime; picture June 8 in NYC
After a string of critically-acclaimed films aimed at crowd-pleasing, Jennifer won over critics with her performance in Hustlers.
The film was inspired by the New York Magazine article The Hustlers at Scores, and it follows a group of strippers with wealthy clients who begin drugging the men before getting the cards. exorbitant credit.
Jennifer serves as the band’s conductor, although she appears in a supporting role to Constance Wu in the lead.
Justin Chang of the Los Angeles Times praised that ‘Lopez gave her the most incredible performance since Out Of Sight, putting the film in her indispensable pocket from the moment she stepped onto the bright stage. neon lights in a plaster bodysuit. “
Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune wrote that the actress had ‘eaten up her best role in years,’ while AO Scott of the New York Times, who filmed the film, praised her for ‘ conveyed her superb physicality and her quick self-assurance into a finely calibrated performance of its theatrical realism and fortitude. ‘
It was a hit: The dramady, based on an article about high-profile strippers who drugged customers before taking out their credit cards, received the best reviews of her career. Lopez; seen with Constance Wu in Hustlers
Overly excited: She admitted during Halftime that she kept telling herself, ‘It’s going to happen, we’ll be fine,’ and that she could barely sleep because of the excitement at night before the Oscar nominations are announced; still from Hustlers
During Halftime, Lopez is seen crying with joy in bed as she reads a positive line in Glamor magazine publishing: ‘Honestly, it’s thrilling to see an actor criminally underrated. invited her to come from reputable studios.’
She admitted during Halftime that she kept telling herself, ‘It’s going to happen, we’ll be fine,’ and that she could barely sleep from the excitement the night before the Oscar nominations were announced. Father.
“I dreamed it happened,” she said of her healthy night before the announcement.
But she slept through the early morning of the nomination’s reveal, and it was only after a friend texted her that she learned the disappointing news.
‘I was like, “Oh, damn it,” she recalls.
“The truth is, I’m really starting to think I’ll be nominated,” she said later over the dub. ‘I had hope because so many people told me I would. And then it didn’t happen. ‘
Frustration: “The truth is, I really started to think I’d be nominated,” she said later via dub. ‘I had hope because so many people told me I would. And then it didn’t happen’; sighted June 5 in Santa Monica, Calif.
The final nominations were Laura Dern, who ultimately won playing a divorce attorney in Marriage Story, alongside Kathy Bates for Clint Eastwood’s Richard Jewell, Scarlett Johansson for Jojo Rabbit, Florence Pugh for Little Women and Margot Robbie for Bombshell.
After the overwhelming disappointment, Jennifer tried to remind herself that awards weren’t the main driving force behind the roles she took on, nor the music she recorded.
‘I had to ask myself, “What does that mean?” I’m not doing this for an award or doing my songs there and it just feels like I’m the best performer in the world,’ she said. ‘No, I do this to tell stories and make change and connect with people and make them feel things because I want to feel something. That’s why I do it. Because I really want to make the world a better place in my own small way. ‘
She added that her biggest fans weren’t interested in the award either.
‘At the end of the day, when someone meets you, they don’t go, “God, you have 12 Grammys!” They don’t say that. They say, “Oh my God, the song you wrote got me emotional and got me through. When I saw you on stage, I realized that I could be there too. ”
Passing: Laura Dern ended up winning Best Supporting Actress for Marriage Story, but Jennifer reminded herself that her fans don’t care about the award
Elsewhere in the documentary, Jennifer rages about another disrespect when she was forced to share the stage at a 2020 Super Bowl mid-time performance with Shakira.
‘This is the worst idea in the world to have two people in the Super Bowl. It’s the worst idea in the world,’ she said angrily of the arrangement.
‘Usually you have a top at the Super Bowl. That headliner builds a show, and if they choose to have other guests, that’s their choice,’ said her manager, Benny Medina. ‘It is an insult to say that you need two Latinos to do the work that one artist in history has done.’
The two women finally found a way to work together for the acclaimed performance.
Feeling disrespected: Elsewhere in the documentary, Jennifer bristled at another disrespect as she was forced to share the stage at a 2020 Super Bowl mid-time performance with Shakira
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