Published: October 16, 2025 04:20 PM IST
Jennifer Lopez admitted that there was a film offer which she turned down at that time because she felt that the script was not that good.
Jennifer Lopez is earning strong buzz for an Oscar nomination for her supporting role in the musical drama Kiss of the Spider Woman. But did you know that the singer-actor once turned down a role that ultimately earned another actor an Oscar nomination? During a conversation with Howard Stern for the SiriusXM show, Lopez revealed the name of the film and why she turned down the offer at the time.
Which movie did Jennifer Lopez regret not doing?
When asked if there were any roles that he regretted turning down, he immediately said yes. That film was 2002’s Unfaithful, directed by Adrian Lyne. The role was played by Diane Lane after Jennifer rejected it.
“Adrian Lynn offered me Unfaithful,” Jennifer said. [I turned it down because] The script was not good. And then he made it great! And Diane Lane was nominated for an Oscar!”
Diane was nominated in the Best Actress category at the Oscars along with Nicole Kidman (The Hours), Julianne Moore (Far from Heaven), Salma Hayek (Frida) and Renée Zellweger (Chicago). Nicole won an Oscar that year. Jennifer has yet to earn an Oscar nomination.
‘it haunts me’
Jennifer continued, “It’s funny. It makes me nervous. It makes me nervous a little bit. It’s like the one I got rejected in that it was just like, ‘Why did you refuse to work with Adrian Lynn? What were you thinking?’ I didn’t even know what was going on in my mind at that time. Who knows what was happening to me at that time.”
In Kiss of the Spider Woman, Diego Luna plays a political prisoner during the Argentine Civil War in the 1980s, imprisoned with another man portrayed by Tonatiuh. It is directed by Bill Condon, best known for directing the critically acclaimed films Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn-Part 1 and Beauty and the Beast. It was released in theaters on 10 October.
