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Volume 580
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Wednesday, November 13, 2019
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This is from variety.com
Jennifer Lopez ("Hustlers") and Robert Pattinson ("The Lighthouse") sat down for a chat for "Variety Studio: Actors on Actors."
In "Hustlers," Jennifer Lopez plays Ramona, the ringleader of a gang formed in a New York strip club. She's equal parts private dancer and hardened criminal, a combination that Oscar voters might find as
irresistible as general audiences have. One of the many admirers of "Hustlers" is Robert Pattinson - himself no stranger to shadowy settings. In his latest film, "The Lighthouse," Pattinson plays a keeper
of a desolate watchtower who is slowly losing his mind.
Robert Pattinson: OK, "Hustlers." Very much liked it. I saw it in the theater, and it was packed. Do you think if "Hustlers" was directed by a man it would be different?
Jennifer Lopez: I think it would be so different if it was directed by a man. I think what "Hustlers" exposes is that men have a very secret life, and they have a way that they think about and look
at women that is very objectified a lot of the time. Lorene Scafaria, the director, was really great. It was a nonjudgmental lens. Whereas I think from a man, these women would have been judged, because
men put women in categories.
Pattinson: Sweeping statements. Jesus!
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Lopez: When I speak like this, I don't mean every man. I mean in general.
Pattinson: I'm joking. I think you're probably right. Were you worried about doing a part like that?
Lopez: As an actress, no. The actress in me looks at it on the page and goes, "Oh, this is going to be so much to sink my teeth into." And then there's Jennifer the mom, and Jennifer the public
person. I go through all those silos and I think about it. But in the end, the artist always wins out, because that's what I love to do.
Pattinson: Do you think it's impossible to judge any character's actions once you start trying to play them?
Lopez: You have to love them. When I first saw the movie, I was sick to my stomach. I was like, "Oh, my God, what are they doing!" Then I had to remove myself from it, because when you watch a movie
like "Goodfellas" or "Boogie Nights," you delve into these dangerous, enticing worlds, where you get caught up in doing bad things and it's a slippery slope.
Pattinson: It always looks way sexier in movies. Whenever you're in a seedy kind of [club], it always smells weird. It's like, "This wasn't what I thought it was going to be."
Lopez: So "The Lighthouse" - incredible performance and a transformation for you. When you read the
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