Jennifer Lopez says turning down ‘Unfaithful’ role still haunts her

Jennifer Lopez seems again on a missed alternative.

The actress revealed that she was supplied the chance to star in “Untrue” in 2002 however turned it down — a choice that also “haunts” her, she defined throughout an look Wednesday on “The Howard Stern Show.”

After Lopez handed on the erotic thriller, Diane Lane was forged and in the end earned an Oscar nomination for the position.

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Jennifer Lopez revealed on Howard Stern’s present that she turned down the lead position in “Untrue,” which later earned Diane Lane an Oscar nomination. (Adrián Monroy/Medios y Media/Getty Pictures)

“[Director] Adrian Lyne supplied me ‘Infidelity,’” Lopez, 56, advised Stern through the candid interview. “The script wasn’t good, after which he made it nice.”

Lane went on to star reverse Richard Gere within the critically acclaimed drama – and obtained a Greatest Actress nod on the 2003 Academy Awards for her efficiency as a married lady caught up in a harmful affair.

“And Diane Lane obtained nominated for the Oscar,” Lopez stated, laughing, nonetheless seemingly in disbelief.

Jennifer Lopez will seem on “The Howard Stern Present” on October 15, 2025 at SiriusXM Studios. (Cindy Ord/Getty Pictures for SiriusXM)

Stern requested bluntly, “Is that tough to stay with?”

“It is humorous. It haunts me,” Lopez admitted. “It haunts me a little bit bit as a result of it is the one I turned down. It was like, ‘Why did you flip down working with Adrian Lyne? What have been you pondering?’ I do not know what was happening in my head at that second. Who is aware of what was happening with me at that second?”

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In a career-defining position, Lane, 60, earned crucial acclaim as Constance “Connie” Sumner within the movie “Untrue.”

She in the end misplaced the Oscar to Nicole Kidman, who took dwelling the award for her portrayal of Virginia Woolf in “The Hours.” That 12 months’s class featured heavy hitters together with Salma Hayek, Julianne Moore and Renée Zellweger.

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Richard Gere and Diane Lane on the New York premiere of ‘Untrue’. (Ron Galella/Ron Galella Assortment by way of Getty Pictures)

Along with sharing her ideas on missed alternatives in movies, Lopez does not hesitate to share particulars about her finest on-screen kiss.

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Through the day Wednesday’s episode of “Watch What Occurs Reside with Andy Cohen,” Lopez was placed on the spot through the late night time speak present’s playful “Plead The Fifth” section.

Cohen teased, “Now we have George Clooney, Matthew McConaughey, Ralph Fiennes, Richard Gere, Owen Wilson, Josh Lucas, and the record goes on,” referring to Lopez’s spectacular record of rom-com co-stars. “Plus films sitting within the can ready to come back out!”

However Lopez had a transparent winner for finest on-screen kisser.

Jennifer Lopez and Brett Goldstein are seen on the set of “Workplace Romance” on April 7, 2025. (Getty Pictures)

“I’ll say my favourite…I simply did a film with Brett Goldstein, and I might say he was the very best kisser,” she revealed.

The pop icon was referring to her upcoming romantic comedy “Workplace Romance,” which pairs her reverse “Ted Lasso” star Brett Goldstein, 45.

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Lopez first confirmed her position alongside Goldstein in September 2024, noting that the movie’s screenplay was written by Goldstein herself.