Jennifer Lopez is back on the big screen this week with a role in red-hot new thriller The Boy Next Door.
Herein she plays Claire Peterson, a single mother who falls for her teenage neighbour. When she tries to end the relationship, things take a dark turn.
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Lopez spoke to Digital Spy about the juggling act of making movies, recording music and judging American Idol, how she could relate to Claire feeling "discarded as a woman", and getting involved in more female-driven films.
"It was very empowering doing this film," she said. "Knowing that I could have a script, partner up with somebody and get it made. And play a role that I wanted to play that no studio was making. That was really great."
Hit play on the video above to watch Lopez discuss her co-star Ryan Guzman and the appeal of The Boy Next Door, which opens in the UK on February 27 and is showing in the US now.
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