Ben Affleck ’s movie Gigli was upstaged by his own relationship with Jennifer Lopez at the time. And Affleck felt that it did more harm than good to the feature. Ben Affleck felt ‘Gigli’ wasn’t given a fair chance Gigli was perhaps most known for bringing Affleck and Lopez together .
But Affleck asserted that the pair didn’t actually start dating until after the movie. While filming, however, they quickly became friends. Which helped them as they played romantic interests in the feature.
“Jennifer and I didn’t become romantically involved until after the movie was over, but in the course of making the movie, we did strike up a nice, easy friendship,” Affleck once told BBC . “We got along well and that makes it a lot easier. Look, it’s much easier to kiss someone you’re friendly with rather than someone you loathe, you know? Like when you can hardly bare to be around them?” “So, liking the other person just puts you a step ahead,” Affleck added.
“On top of that, it’s just a lack of anxiety. It’s like: ‘OK. Don’t be too alarmed about this.
Nothing crazy is going to happen.’ But that is the difficulty about them. You’re not comfortable with the person, yet you’re sharing an intimate moment.
It can provoke a lot of anxiety.” But Affleck and Lopez were deep into a relationship by the time Gigli came out. This later turned out to be a regrettable situation for Affleck, who felt their romance distracted from a movie he had faith in.
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