Jennifer Lopez once starred in a movie playing a character experiencing martial problems . The action thriller’s plot was very familiar to Lopez’s own life at the time, who was in the midst of a devastating breakup. Jennifer Lopez personally related to her character in ‘Parker’ The 2013 feature film Parker couldn’t have come at a better time for Lopez.
The movie was an action thriller where Lopez starred alongside Jason Statham . But the project ended up being a lot deeper for Lopez than she initially thought. Lopez played a real-estate agent who hit rock bottom after going through a heavy divorce.
The film’s director, Taylor Hackford, recruited Lopez for the role because he had faith she’d be able to strip away her glamour for the sake of the film. “I say that I’m doing a film starring Jason Statham and that I don’t want the glamorous Jennifer Lopez. I want someone real and someone I know you are,” Hackford once told USA Today .
“This character never gives up, and that’s you. Jennifer is absolutely the real deal. She’s an unbelievable worker.
People have the sense that because she’s famous, she’s removed from the real world — and she’s not.” But the movie also had a therapeutic effect on Lopez. While shooting the film, she was going through an intense divorce with her ex-husband, Marc Anthony .
This brought her closer to her Parker character, as Lopez felt she was hitting rock bottom. “When I did the movie, I had just decided to get di.