Jennifer Lopez is taking on the role of Judy Robles who she's sat next to in this interview in the incredibly inspiring true story of athlete Anthony Robles in new Prime Video movie, 'Unstoppable.'
Our Jodie from the block sat down with Jenny from the block and Judy to talk all about the film. All the J's! Report by Mccallumj. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Our Jodie from the block sat down with Jenny from the block and Judy to talk all about the film. All the J's! Report by Mccallumj. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00Jennifer Lopez, Jenny from the block, J-Lo.
00:03Should I start working out?
00:04She was pushing us to get up.
00:05I'm like, ow, stand up.
00:07Even through tough times, I always try to find the lesson.
00:10I always try to say, I'm going to come out better.
00:14It's lovely to see you both.
00:16It was so great to see you at the premiere.
00:18What was it like getting to watch the film
00:21and see the audience respond to it?
00:23Oh, I can take this one first.
00:24Yes, go.
00:25Yeah, I've seen it a few times and I absolutely love it
00:28because I'm in there and I'm feeling everything
00:31that's happening.
00:32But hearing the crowd and seeing their reaction,
00:35even the moments that are tough, to me,
00:39I was grateful for the opportunity.
00:40I was grateful that someone like Jennifer
00:43would play this role and take it on like she did
00:45with so much dedication and heart and meaning.
00:48And it made it really personal for me.
00:50And it was exciting.
00:51It was very, very exciting.
00:53Absolutely.
00:54Yeah, when I watched it in Toronto,
00:55the very first time I saw the finished film
00:58in front of an audience that we knew
01:00was going to be reviewing it the next day,
01:02which is always nerve-wracking.
01:03I've been to Toronto a couple of times.
01:06And I was just like, to hear them cheering,
01:09to hear them laughing, to hear them sniffling
01:13and trying to hold back the little sobs,
01:15it was such a beautiful way to see the movie the first time.
01:21And I felt tremendously proud.
01:22All I could think at the end of the movie
01:24was when they were applauding,
01:26was for Judy and Anthony to stand up
01:29because it really was their triumph.
01:33It's a film for us, but this is their life.
01:35And I was proud of them.
01:38I felt like you deserve this.
01:41Stand up.
01:42This is your life.
01:43And it was a beautiful moment.
01:45And I'm really happy with the way
01:47that audiences are receiving it.
01:50It's a very inspirational and moving film.
01:54It's so inspirational.
01:55She was right behind us and she was pushing us to get up.
01:57I'm like, oh, stand up.
01:59I love that because you were very humble at the premiere as well.
02:02So I got that vibe.
02:03But when you found out Jennifer Lopez,
02:06Jenny from the block, J-Lo is going to be playing you in a movie.
02:10I didn't believe Anthony when he called me.
02:14I was like, no, no, she's not.
02:16And my reaction, my first reaction was like,
02:19I was on the phone and I physically sat up
02:22and I'm like, should I start working out?
02:23Like, it didn't make any sense to me whatsoever.
02:26But I'm like, oh my God, what's wrong with me?
02:28So, but it was, I mean, honestly, honored.
02:31Honored that she would read the script, want to play me,
02:34but then to take it to the level that she did
02:36when we first met by Zoom.
02:38She had this huge binder
02:40and then she's writing all these things down.
02:42And I'm like, okay.
02:43But she came from a place of trust.
02:47Someone that I could, like, I'm telling you all these things
02:49and I'm trusting you to take them.
02:51Yes, it was necessary for the film,
02:53but I also knew that if I wanted, like,
02:55hey, I'm not comfortable with that,
02:57she totally would have done it.
02:58So that's what I appreciated
03:00and that's what made me open up to her more
03:01and to trust her more.
03:02And you're also unstoppable as well.
03:05I mean, everything you've achieved,
03:07like you are an inspiration in yourself.
03:10What inspires you to keep pushing on
03:12and being unstoppable?
03:15You know, I think like Anthony says,
03:17we all wrestle with things in our lives
03:19and there's times when things are going great
03:20and then times when it's more challenging.
03:23And I think it's in those times that really define you.
03:25It's like, what are you going to do with that?
03:27And I think for me, even through tough times,
03:30I always try to find the lesson.
03:32I always try to say, I'm going to come out better.
03:36And that's important, especially again, being moms.
03:39And that's how we bonded at first.
03:40It's like through being a mom.
03:42You know, you want to show your kids that.
03:45You want to say, you can go through hard things.
03:48The whole world can fall apart
03:50and you can come out better on the other side.
03:53And I think that is the most important thing
03:55that this movie shows us too.
03:56It's like, no matter what your challenges are,
03:59you can really overcome them and not overcome them,
04:02but just like become stronger than you were before.
04:06And that to me is a movie worth making, especially now.
04:10Oh, that's such a lovely note to end on.
04:12Thank you so much.
04:13Honestly, it's so inspiring.
04:14And I'm loving this like friendship.
04:16Judy and J-Lo, it's got a ring to it.
04:18Yes, she's amazing.
04:20And she doesn't give herself enough credit.
04:22And I'm glad that this movie was made for that reason as well.
04:26So she can start owning some of her own spectacularness,
04:30some of her own power and beauty and resilience.
04:34Because Anthony wouldn't, as he says himself,
04:37be where he is or become the man or the human being
04:40or the champion that he is without his mom.
04:43Absolutely.
04:44You're a legend, Judy.
04:45Just accept it, accept it.
04:46I'm learning, I'm learning.
04:47It's just hard.
04:49I know.
04:49I get it.
04:50I get it.
04:50Thank you so much.
04:51And thank you for this film and for the story and everything,
04:53because it's just, it's so inspiring.