Jennifer Lopez is in top form. The 54-year-old singer and actress, who plans to go on tour in the summer, talks about how work has gotten her into ‘fighting shape’.
“I just finished a movie called Kiss of the Spider Woman, which was all singing and dancing, which was both exhilarating and exhausting,” she told Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos on Live with Kelly and Mark. . ‘Now I’m ready to go. I’m the skinniest I’ve ever been. I am currently in a state of combat readiness.” The film, based on Manuel Puig’s 1976 novel of the same name, takes place in a prison where a gay crossdresser shares the story of a fictional actress he calls Aurora, with fellow inmates. of him, an Argentine revolutionary.
The Broadway production of the musical won seven Tony Awards, and William Hurt won the Best Actor Oscar for the 1985 film adaptation.
The Grammy winner said the singing and dancing required for her stage performance is a great workout. ‘It moves your body, it’s constantly moving your body, it’s moving, it’s exerting yourself for two hours every night… that’s when I got into a really healthy state.’
Regarding her upcoming tour, which kicks off June 26 in Orlando, JLo said: ‘I’ve been planning and working on the set list and everything. I always like to do a show that’s fun.” The Let’s Get Loud artist said she never wanted fans to think ‘oh, this is the part of the show where I can go buy a soda.’ JLo said she will be practicing for the new tour until early June when she kicks off the tour. The Emmy nominee just wrapped up the press tour for her upcoming film Atlas.
Lopez plays a tactician on a mission to stop an AI soldier who has determined the only way to save the planet is to eliminate humans.
To do that, she will have to put her trust in another AI program called Smith. ‘My character is disconnected… doesn’t let anyone in,’ she told Good Morning America. She added about her character: “Does not trust AI, does not trust people, feels they are always disappointed.” She said: ‘And gradually, this kind of AI ate away at her, ate away at her soul. ‘Together, they become more human.’ The sci-fi film will be released on Netflix on May 24.