Jennifer Lopez got back to work filming her new movie while her smoking ex husband Ben Affleck looked stressed amid his own work commitments.
The singer, 55, looked glamorous in a dove grey trench coat and stiletto heels as she filmed Office Romance in New Jersey on Monday.
The star wore her tresses in a sleek bun and sported smoky eye make-up for the day.
She stars alongside Brett Goldstein in the film. Goldstein has already expressed he has a crush on the This Is Me… Now singer, even saying he ‘loves’ her. That is why he chose her to star in the film, he says.
Ticket To Paradise director Ol Parker is heading up the feature as Lopez has been named a producer.
‘After a very tough start to 2025, Jennifer can’t wait to start a new project and it certainly helps that she will be working with a very handsome and smart star like Brett,’ a source told DailyMail.com recently.
Jennifer Lopez got back to work filming her new movie while her smoking ex husband Ben Affleck looked stressed amid his own work commitments
‘He is one hot ticket and a real class act with talent to back it up – he not only acts but he writes amazing scripts. He is like the younger, better, British version of Ben. She thinks he is very cute.’
‘It will be a reminder to Ben that she is still hot property in Hollywood and how can that not make her feel great?’ the source noted. ‘She is 55 and is still a box office dynamo. This will just be another reminder of that.’
In contrast, Affleck, 52, who was wed to Lopez for two years, looked strained as he puffed on a cigarette as he worked on new thriller, Animals.
The star, who was seen wearing a wedding ring onset recently, wore a casual look of jeans, shirt and a jacket as he smoked while scouting for locations.
In Animals Affleck stars as a mayoral candidate and his wife whose son has been kidnapped.
The couple are surrounded by plenty of enemies, political and otherwise, and decide to resort to extreme measures to save their son.
Affleck was seen wearing a wide, gold wedding band as part of his costume when he stepped out to take a smoke on Friday afternoon in East Los Angeles.
His character was dressed in a button down shirts and charcoal plaid jacket while he puffed away and enjoyed a soft drink.
The actress joined handsome co-star Brett Goldstein to film
J-Lo looked as chic as ever as she stepped out in heels
The star looked immaculate as she headed to set
Lopez flashed a smile as she filmed her latest romcom
Affleck cut a casual figure as he stepped out
Affleck sparked mystery as he wore a wedding band while filming and smoking on Friday
Affleck, who is sober, had quit smoking back in 2005 with the help of a hypnotists, but picked up the habit again a decade later, around the time he and ex-wife Jennifer Garner separated.
‘People with compulsive behavior, and I am one, have this kind of basic discomfort all the time that they’re trying to make go away,’ he told The New York Times in 2020.
‘You’re trying to make yourself feel better with eating or drinking or sex or gambling or shopping or whatever. But that ends up making your life worse. Then you do more of it to make that discomfort go away. Then the real pain starts. It becomes a vicious cycle you can’t break. That’s at least what happened to me.’
As he deals with the repercussions of his divorce from Jennifer Lopez after two years of marriage, the actor revealed he found the situation ’embarrassing’ in an interview with GQ.
The star said of there was ‘no scandal, no soap opera, no intrigue, behind the breakup, but rather It’s just a story about people trying to figure out their lives and relationships in ways that we all sort of normally do.’
While Affleck has been hesitant to speak out about the break, is because ‘I don’t want to share that is just sort of embarrassing. It feels vulnerable.’
While Affleck was on his smoke break, co-star Steven Yuen, who also worked with him on the upcoming RIP, was also spotted on the set.
Not only is Affleck starring in the project, but is he directing as well.
Affleck and Lopez are seen in 2024 in Beverly Hills
The Netflix movie is being produced through and Matt Damon’s Artists Equity and Damon is listed as a producer on the project as well.
According Netflix, the thriller ’embraces’ the city of Los Angeles ‘as an integral part of the story,’
The streamer said ‘The producers are committed to supporting the local film industry, keeping jobs within the community, and reinforcing LA as a hub for filmmaking.’
Animals is expected to be released later this year.
