to we'For, Jennifer Lopez and Ralph Fiennes You should never stop meeting in hotels.
The duo was A Maid in Manhattan The reunion is Saturday, Jan. 4, in Parker Palm Springs diverse Creative Impact Awards, where Lopez, 55, was honored with the Legend and Groundbreakers Award. The pair posed for photos together after Finneas, 62, paid tribute to his former co-star while sharing a touching speech about her career.
He tells his experience with Unstoppable starred in the 2002 rom-com in a video shared by Lopez's Instagram“Once upon a time in another life, and maybe in a different era of movie stories, there was this Republican Senate candidate walking around a hotel in Manhattan, and there was also in this other life a maid in this other life,” Fiennes said. hotel.”
He continued: “This Republican would-be senator was amazed by her good looks, but he couldn’t really see her. This maid was hiding something in her modest and thoughtful way. She was cute and charming, but she was actually hiding something. She was hiding some kind of superpower. Behind this maid's mask, there was indeed a power, the power of creativity, the power of action, something so powerful that it could not be stopped. An unstoppable force was coming out of this humble and humble hotel maid, and this maid, in fact, had extraordinary wings that opened, and she flew away.
Maid in Manhattan has been captivating rom-com fans for the past 20 years. In the 2002 film, Marisa Ventura (Jennifer Lopez) plays a single mother who works as a maid at a luxury hotel in Manhattan and dreams of a better life for her son, Ty (Tyler Posey). She meets Christopher Marshall (Ralph Fiennes), (…)
Fiennes, who was also praised this year for his role in 2024 concavecentered around Lopez in real life — calling her “an inspiration.”
“But in this life, in this story, she was already flying with determination from an early age, because I think she knew she had something inside her that she had to respect when she was flying high,” Finnis said. “She honors and fulfills her extraordinary creative spirit, sharing it, shining a light into the lives of so many people, inspiring them and brightening their days.”
Finneas also celebrated Lopez's singing, acting and dancing skills before paying tribute to her “soul”.
“Her powerful energy kind of leaves the guys (stars) behind, and she goes. She just explodes,” he said before calling her an “unstoppable goddess” and inviting her onto the stage.
Lopez burst into tears when she thanked Fiennes and joked, “We should really stop meeting in hotels like this” — a line from their movie.
Lopez starred in a series of successful romantic comedies in the 2000s, including… Maid in Manhattan, wedding planner and Monster in lawAll while pursuing her singing career.
While you accept it diverse Lopez said she “did not set out to break rules, lay foundations, push boundaries, or challenge the status quo.”
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Colombia Pictures“I set out to follow a burning passion against the advice of everyone around me,” she explained on Saturday. “How do you do what I wanted to do when the circumstances of your life, or your race, or even your gender create the idea that it's practically impossible to go from a tenement in the Bronx to acting in Hollywood movies? It's too preposterous to fathom. You just don't belong. Because “The life you were born into, of course, literally determines your path. I think for me it was simple: it was just a matter of not listening.”
Dave Bennett/WireImage; James Devaney/WireImage Jennifer Lopez is in London promoting her upcoming film Unstoppable, but for a photo shoot on Thursday, November 7, she wore a crisp white coat in homage to her beloved 2002 film, Maid in Manhattan. In Up from the Bronx, Lopez plays Marisa Ventura, a maid who falls into (…)
Lopez thanked Fiennes in an Instagram post after the awards ceremony, saying, “I can't thank you enough Ralph Fiennes for your beautiful words and our little girl.” Maid in Manhattan Reunion today. It was great to see you. It brought tears to my eyes. (That's why I was sniffling throughout my speech LOL) I love you. Thank you so much… Working with you has been one of the most important accomplishments of my career so far. I say this even now because I hope to do it again someday soon Maid in Manhattan 2…You never know…🤍✨.”
evil star Cynthia Erivo and Emilia Perez exit Jacques Audiard They were also honored at this annual event along with 10 “Directors to Watch,” including… Zoe Kravitz to Blink twice, Helena Rayne to Babygirl and Malcolm Washington to Piano lesson.
