COVER STORY: How Jennifer Lopez learned to dance again
On July 13, she was ready for another night of “It’s My Party,” a strenuous two-hour arena-sized reworking of her successful Las Vegas residency. But as she took the stage, a massive power outage in New York City cut all the lights at Madison Square Garden. Lopez, who couldn’t even address the crowd because her microphone went out, didn’t want to evacuate.
But Lopez’s screen credits are vast. Starting with her breakout role in 1997’s “Selena,” for which she became the first Latina actress to earn $1 million, Lopez subsequently played the lead in Steven Soderbergh’s critically acclaimed drama “Out of Sight” and romantic comedy favorites “Maid in Manhattan” and “Monster-in-Law,” in which she sparred with Jane Fonda.
When she started out in the industry, Lopez recalls getting turned down for starring roles because of her ethnicity. “Maybe 30 years ago, it was very ‘Oh, you’re the Latin girl. You’ll do Spanish roles; you’ll play maids; you’ll only be limited to this little box,’” she says. “It’s about getting people in the business — the agents, the managers, the Tommy Mottolas of the world — to believe this girl can do more. But you have to prove yourself too.
Lopez credits her current career surge to a decision that was risky at the time: signing up as the lead judge on “American Idol” in 2011 and settling into the seat vacated by Simon Cowell on the Fox reality TV juggernaut. In her late 30s, Lopez had been on an unofficial sabbatical from Hollywood to give birth to her twins, Maximilian and Emme, in 2008 with her then-husband, Marc Anthony. “I had the kids and wasn’t being offered a whole bunch of stuff,” Lopez says.
Medina says he knew that “Idol” would be the right move for Lopez. “It was authentic to who she was,” he says. “It wasn’t just judging. It was participating in the growth of these kids and their artistic journeys.” And Lopez arguably experienced the biggest career boost of all. “Everything changed,” she says. During her five seasons on the show, she recorded her most popular club anthem to date, “On the Floor,” and returned to starring in profitable movies with 2015’s “The Boy Next Door.
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