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Jennifer Lopez and Alex O'Loughlin open up about pregnancy and parenthood


Jennifer Lopez and Alex O'Loughlin

Jennifer Lopez took a few years off from doing movies when she and her husband, Marc Anthony, decided to start a family. The couple became the parents of twins (Max and Emme) in 2008, the year after they starred together in "El Cantante" and embarked their first tour together. So it was somewhat of a case of art imitating life that Lopez chose her first post-motherhood big-screen project to be a film in which she plays a successful career woman who decides to become a first-time mother.

In the romantic comedy "The Back-up Plan," Lopez’s Zoe character is an independent woman who is (unlike Lopez) single and tired of waiting for Mr. Right. Eager to have a child, Zoe decides to undergo artificial insemination, and then later the same day, she meets Stan (played by Alex O’Loughlin), and the two start dating and fall in love. At the Los Angeles press conference for "The Back-up Plan," Lopez and O’Loughlin talked about pregnancy, parenthood, and the pressure of having great bodies. Lopez also chatted about her upcoming music, while O’Loughlin mentioned what people can expect from his TV series remake of "Hawaii Five-O."

We’ve been hearing about "The Back-up Plan" being a comeback for you. How important is this film? It's a romantic comedy, but it seems to have a very serious message about pregnancy and children and the complications of love and lust. Do you think that this movie is sort of a message movie?

Lopez: It’s not a message movie, it’s a romantic comedy. It definitely deals with modern issues, which I love. That’s what I really liked about it … That’s one of the things, it had a very modern voice, you know? It seemed very up-to-date. I think that’s very important for romantic comedies, that they do deal with issues. It doesn’t feel like it’s a story from 20 years ago, which some romantic comedies can be like. So that was one of the things that really attracted me to it.

As far as the comeback or whatever, I don’t really think of it that way. I was just home kind of on maternity leave, working and making music and doing things like that. And now, my first movie’s coming out since I was fat. So that’s that.


Jennifer Lopez in "The Back-up Plan"


Has being a mom made you a better actress, especially in "The Back-up Plan"?

Lopez: Oh, absolutely, but I knew that was happening as it was happening, because my life and the way I felt about life and the way I felt about my children was so deep and profound. It was the first time I’d felt anything like that. I knew as an artist that it was going to make a huge difference in everything that I did. When I was on the movie, I really did feel that. I really felt the growth of myself as a human being, as a person.

In "The Back-up Plan," you two are overwhelmed shopping for all the crazy twin paraphernalia you had to get. Did you have that same feeling shopping for twins?

Lopez: I mean, so many things in this movie was art imitating life for me, because I had just gone through the pregnancy. It was really just fresh in my mind. Kate [Angelo], when she wrote the script, she had just gone through a pregnancy as well.

When we first met, we met at this aerobics class. I don’t know why aerobics is such an '80s term. It was a boot camp. She comes up to me and I had just signed on to the movie. I was really excited about it. It was right before Christmas. She said, "I’m Kate Angelo." I was like, "Hi." She was like, "I wrote ‘The Back-up Plan.’" I was like, "Oh my God." She’s like, "I just had a baby too."

It was very kind of like perfect. It was so fresh in our minds that we really fought with the guys sometimes with certain things. Like, "This has to stay in. And this has to be there. No you don’t get it. This is important. Women are going to love this." And so we used a lot of the stuff from real life.


Jennifer Lopez and Alex O'Loughlin in "The Back-up Plan"


Can you talk about how you came about signing on to the film and why was it so important for you to be involved with it?

Lopez: I mean, it was just time for me to do a movie again, I think. I just love romantic comedies. It was just the first thing that I wanted to do back. So, we started looking for one and this one came up. It was just perfect. I mean, obviously, throughout my career I’ve always felt like certain things come to me at the right time. When I look at the work that I’ve done, it’s always very kind of indicative of where I was in my life at the moment. This was the same thing. It was just very kind of serendipitous that it happened this way. It was perfect.

Jennifer, how did you react when you found out that you were having twins?

Lopez: When I found out I was having twins, I mean, I was in denial that I was even pregnant. So when I found out I was having twins, I kind of just laughed and was like, "Of course this would happen." And I started giggling and [my husband] Marc started crying. It was joyous. We were happy … He’s emotional [Marc] said, "I can’t believe this was happening. He had had children before, but this was like … his first twins.

Jennifer, how did you and "The Back-up Plan" director Alan Poul work together on how you would play your character in the movie?

Lopez: We sat down, we had lunch, we talked about it. The studio, always from the very first moment, believed in Alan. We really hit it off. We kind of had the same ideas about what the movie should be. I loved the fact that it had so much comedic moments, and we really wanted to play that up, and at the same time really explore all the kind of craziness that a pregnancy can be … You feel so hungry, it’s crazy! And you feel so sleepy in a way you never have before. And I just knew, having gone through it, how it was going to ring true for so many women.


Alex O'Loughlin and Jennifer Lopez in "The Back-up Plan"


Could you both talk a little bit about finding the rhythms of playing in a romantic comedy?

O’Loughlin: I think Jennifer’s the queen of romantic comedies. I mean she’s so comfortable and successful in this genre. We all know her films. You know her romantic comedies before "The Back-Up Plan." I was sort of trained in drama. I went to theater school. I started on the stage. Comedy is absolutely an essential part of what we do as actors. But I think in the grand scheme of things, comedy was born from tragedy. First there was tragedy and then there were the comedies.

I studied a bit of it at school. We look at a bit of French farce, a bit of really classical stuff. I’ve always loved, as an Aussie, comedy is part of my life. My friends and I are always ribbing each other and that’s how we get through the days. When it comes to cameras rolling and getting that timing right, the only way to do it and do it well is to throw yourself into it, which is what Jennifer does incredibly.

I mean, we met before we did the film together … You know, we just had a meeting; we had a cup of tea at your house there in Long Island. I met the family. We realized that we were both cool people, and we go each other’s sense of humor. So we understood that we could spend a bunch of time together and not want to kill each other, because essentially that’s what it was about. That freed us up.


Alex O'Loughlin in "The Back-up Plan"


Because the thing is, to have a friend and a comrade as your co-star, especially in a romantic comedy, is really important. It gives you the room. It’s easier to give yourself and the other person permission to play. That’s what it’s all about. So, I actually learned a lot about the art of comedy and romantic comedy from Jennifer in this process.

Lopez: Thank you. I think with romantic comedies it’s a lot about tone, because different romantic comedies have different tones. I think you have to really understand what the director and what kind of story he wants to tell and what kind of tone he wants the movie to have. And then once you’re there, sometimes, it actually gets created on the set as well. With how you start playing with an actor with the material and what the director likes. He’s like, "That’s good. Let’s go in that direction. Let’s do that." It becomes created through the actors with the director during the film.

But I think everything needs to be played real, for reality’s sake, for truth. And that is the drama and the comedy. When you do that, it’s funnier. And when you do that, you really do hit the emotional beats. I do it the same way as I do a drama. I just play it for truth, and then maybe have a little bit of fun with it sometimes.


Jennifer Lopez in "The Back-up Plan"


Jennifer, if you hadn’t met and married Marc, would you have become a single mother by choice, like Zoe did?

Lopez: No. It’s just too hard. Honestly, I have s much respect for single moms or anybody who finds themselves a single mother, but to even choose to be single mother is just so courageous to me. It is such a hard job to raise a child and be everything to that child without a partner. It’s just admirable and courageous and brave and every other valiant word I can think of. I don’t know if I could do it on my own. I really don’t.

How do you handle juggling your career and motherhood?

Lopez: It’s hard. They’re [my twins] at the point right now where just the past few days … not the first day of the junket, but the second day of the junket ... comes to the door and start yelling, "No, mommy, mommy don’t go!" I was like, "Oh, this is bad." So, that just started happening like yesterday. I’m like, "This tough." I’m just going to have to figure it out as I go along. I’m like, "I will be home and the sun will still be up." Like trying to explain to them, like, "It’s not going to be that long. It won’t be nighttime."

How old are they?

Lopez: They’re 2. They just turned 2.

It’s not the terrible twos yet?

Lopez: No. They are so pleasant and happy. They have a lot of love in their lives so they’re very content children. But now they’re starting to be able to express certain things. Like they know when I start putting on hair and makeup and getting dressed it’s like, "Hmm, she’s going somewhere." Sometimes they’ll come with me and they’ll know that too because they’re getting dressed. And then sometimes they’re not. So, I think they’re starting to put all that together. It’s difficult.


Jennifer Lopez in "The Back-up Plan"


How was it working with the dogs in "The Back-up Plan"?

Lopez: They’re all very talented. It’s fun. Sometimes we have to wait until they get [the scene right] …

"The Back-up Plan" was filmed in Pasadena, California. Do you have a special affinity for the city?

Lopez: It’s funny. I’d love to say, "I fought for the movie to be filmed in Pasadena," but honestly, Pasadena is such a beautiful place. I’ve filmed so many movies there. I’ve worked there, even from my starting in television. I was always out there [in Pasadena]. I think that’s why when went to open my restaurant [Madre’s], I was just so familiar with [Pasadena]. And then my dad moved out there. It’s just become part of my life, from working, my dad and the restaurant. I just have a nice, kind of wweet history with it.

"The Back-up Plan" addresses commitment issues for women versus men. Can you talk about that and was any of that based on your own experience or did you bring anything from your own personal experience?

Lopez: It’s funny because Zoe and I are so opposite because she was so comfortable being alone, because of having lost her parents so early. I’m so uncomfortable being alone that we were total opposites. It was funny because in a sense it made me admire this person. I loved playing her because I envy people like this, in a sense.

But the fact that it became also her crutch, you know what I mean? Also, it was kind of her big flaw is that she was so afraid to let anybody into her life that she was going to let something great pass her by. Or subconsciously destroy it, which is what she kind of tries to do in the movie a little bit. We’re not similar in that way. It was something I had to find … and realize, "Oh, God! I love her! I kind of wish I was just like her. This will be great to play."

That was also one of the things that was so great about this script: It just wasn’t typical. It was more modern. We’re so used to seeing men with the commitment issues and they’re afraid, and "God, I’m going to get tied down." And here’s a woman who has her own business and has money in the bank is actually better off, in a sense, than her male counterpart. It was very interesting to me. It made it more modern of as comedy than kind of the regular cliché things that can get kind of boring sometimes.


Alex O'Loughlin and Jennifer Lopez in "The Back-up Plan"


Jennifer, what would you say is the best and worst part about having twins?

Lopez: The best part is mostly everything. I mean everything is really … just the way they change your lives and just having that feeling of love inside you all the time. It’s just such a fulfilling place to be in your life. You know, I kind of wish it would have happened to me earlier in my life sometimes, you know? But I know things happen when they’re supposed to happen.

The worst thing about it, probably if there was something that was tough, is that there [were] two of them. I was always worried that they would both feel exactly the same. It’s like if I gave one a little bit of candy, I gave another one a little bit of food or whatever. If I kissed one … I don’t want him to see me kissing her without kissing him. You know, just making sure that they both felt equally loved is what was tough about the twins.

O’Loughlin: Because it could become a mutiny pretty quickly.

Lopez: Yeah. It’s funny, because you’ll be holding one and the other one will climb on your back. You know that he wants attention, too, or she wants attention, too. It’s challenging.

O’Loughlin: I was doing that on set.


Alan Poul, Jennifer Lopez and Alex O'Loughlin on the set of "The Back-up Plan"


Jennifer, how did you get back in such amazing shape after giving birth to your babies?

Lopez: It’s hard … You don’t have a minute to yourself. It’s tough. Getting back into shape was challenging, like it is for anybody who has a baby. The first few pounds drop off really fast. And then you’re like stuck with those last 10 to 20 pounds, let’s say, and then you’ve really got to get disciplined.

There’s just no other way to do it. You’ve got to diet; you’ve got to do the exercise. You just have to. I knew I had the movie coming up. That was like another level of like having to not eat as much and really, seriously, no bread, no sugar. You really start having to think about those things, because being on camera, you have a responsibility to look good. If you don’t, you’ll hear about it from a group like you.

What were your eating habits when you were pregnant?

Lopez: I did eat. I had a healthy appetite. I got more healthy as time goes on, and they grew. I never let myself go. I love that about Zoe: that she kind of indulged a little bit, and that she likes fast food, and [ate] lots of beef.


Jennifer Lopez and Alex O'Loughlin in "The Back-up Plan"


Speaking of being in shape, Alex, it seems as though the current trend for hunks is to look for Australians. Why is that?

O’Loughlin: Well, it’s interesting. I mean I’ve always been asked the question, "What is it with Australian men?" It’s weird because most of my friends here [in the United States] are American men. I’ve been here for a while now and most of them I don’t see any differently to me, but a lot of them aren’t from Los Angeles. A lot of them are from Chicago or the East Coast, New York or the Midwest, something in there.

I don’t know. I think there’s cultural differences. It’s a really American thing to kind of wax your chest. As a man it’s like, "Get rid of that unsightly hair!" In Australia it’s like, "Mate, what are you doing? Why would you do that? Doesn’t that hurt?" So there’s a few little differences that keep us … I don’t know, that’s so hard to answer because I know my mates back home are going to read whatever you guys print. They’re going to be like, "Did you use the word "rugged" to describe yourself?" I don’t know, mate. I don’t know what the differences are. Maybe it’s something in the water back home.

But I did get kind of fit for the film. Todd Black, who is sitting at the back snickering at the moment, our producer, offered me a trainer. I was like, "No, I’m OK." He was like, "Take the trainer." I was like, "All right. I don’t know what you’re saying." But I took the trainer. I met this guy, Jeff Blair, who is still with me.

You know, it’s a lot of what Jennifer was just saying she went through after the birth. I felt like I had just given birth. He was like, "You can’t eat anything but this. You’ve got to do what I say." So along with doing the film, I did this kind of disciplined workout regimen, because every cheese farmer is ripped and buff, and I wanted to be true to character, because I’m Method. But it took a lot of hard work to get there. You can rest assured in the fact that it’s all gone now.


Jennifer Lopez and Alex O'Loughlin in "The Back-up Plan"


Could you talk about shooting the big love scene in "The Back-up Plan"?

O’Loughlin: She was laughing at me.

Lopez: I don’t know what you’re talking about!

O’Loughlin: The [scene] at McDonald’s. That was pretty funny.

Lopez: The chicken?

O’Loughlin: She’s got chicken in her hair, and that’s my [character’s] excuse. And that was my [character’s] final thing: "No, I don’t want to make love to you. You’ve got a McNugget in your hair." There was a lot of funny stuff going on. There was McFlurry ending up in my face, and we couldn’t get the chicken to stay in her hair.

Lopez: And then you couldn’t get [the chicken] out of my hair. [Love scenes] are uncomfortable.

O’Loughlin: I mean, love scenes … First of all, it's PG-13.


Alex O'Loughlin and Jennifer Lopez in "The Back-up Plan"


Lopez: But still, even as an actor, when you have a kissing scene it’s still weird.

O’Loughlin: It’s weird. I’ve never done a kissing scene with someone …

Lopez: Even when you like the person.

O’Loughlin: Yeah, even when you’re friends. I mean that sort of even makes it weirder. If you don’t know them or like them at all, you can kind of put some weird like … I don’t know. It’s the strangest thing. Look at the person next to you and imagine making out with them now, while I film it.

Lopez: We totally know that it’s part of our job. You asked us if it’s weird. It’s weird. We know we have to do it. We signed on for it. Even when it’s not PG-13 and you sign on for it, you know that it’s something you’re going to have to do. But it’s one of the things it’s like, "Uh, the love scene’s coming up." You know what I mean? Always, for me anyway.

O’Loughlin: It’s strange for me too. I don’t know if it’s different for guys than it is for girls. Sometimes people say men can switch up. But it’s very strange for me, especially knowing Jennifer is married. I made friends with Marc at the same time I made friends with Jennifer. He’s a great guy. I mean, there are so many reasons why it is weird, you know? So, you kind of just plow through it, try to make it as honest as possible, and then apologize profusely and get on with the rest.


Alex O'Loughlin in "The Back-up Plan"


Would Marc come on the set on those days you had love scenes with Alex?

Lopez: No.

O’Loughlin: He was actually just behind the camera with a taser aimed at my bottom. "Go on mate," he said.

Jennifer, how old were your twins when you filmed "The Back-up Plan"?

Lopez: They were about 8 months old.

Do you think Zoe is a "cougar": a woman who likes to be romantically involved with younger men?

Lopez: Was Zoe a cougar? I didn’t think of her in that way. I just thought of her as somebody who was hot enough to get Alex, and that’s it.

O’Loughlin: That [age difference] never once came into my [mind]. You looked so amazing.


Jennifer Lopez in "The Back-up Plan"


Jennifer, what can you say about the scene with Zoe checking herself out in a mirror while she's naked and pregnant?

Lopez: I just thought that a naked pregnant woman checking herself out would be so funny. I actually wish there was more of it. An actually, it was my idea to put it in, because I just remember being pregnant and just marveling at the hugeness of my body, like looking in the mirror from all angles. But that’s something you do privately.

But when [Stan] comes in … that’s when [Zoe] starts feeling insecure. And [I said], "We should have a real pregnant lady double with a real pregnant body do [the scene]." And that’s what we did … It was my choice. I really felt it was a good way to enter that scene …

O’Loughlin: There were a few moments on this film with Stan, the character I play … the "posse" moment is one … And there was this day when I nearly got run over by this procession of pregnant women [auditioning for the body-double role] … And I was like, "What’s going on? I don’t understand!"

Lopez: But they looked great.

O’Loughlin: They looked amazing.

Lopez: It was awesome.


Jennifer Lopez in "The Back-up Plan"


Jennifer, in the movie you have the pregnancy pillow. During your pregnancy did you have any sort of pillow or anything that your husband, Marc, might not have wanted to keep?

Lopez: OK, you’re going to love this. I had twins, so it was really uncomfortable, because you lay on one side, and there’s a baby, and you lay on the other side and there’s a baby. So I had a really hard time with it.

So I did have this really big pregnancy pillow. It was actually very firm, very hard. Marc still sleeps with it to this day. Literally, while I was pregnant, he was like, "I want one of those." And he got one. And now … he travels with this pillow. It’s body pillow.

O’Loughlin: How often do you see a body pillow? Very occasionally, you’re traveling around the world, and you’ll end up in a hotel, and you see a body pillow you’re like …

Lopez: "Yeah!" Whatever. Defend [my husband].

O’Loughlin: Well, he’s not here. Somebody should.


Jennifer Lopez and Alex O'Loughlin in "The Back-up Plan"


Were you as horrible to Marc during your pregnancy as Zoe was to Stan?

Lopez: You thought she was horrible? I thought she was pretty normal. No, actually I had a lovely pregnancy. It was a beautiful, magical time for us. But, of course, there’s moments where you feel, like in the movie … it’s just so much going on with your body and so much going on hormonally that you don’t have time to deal with anything but that. I think it was really true-to-life the way we portrayed it in the movie.

Alex, how did you get involved in "The Back-up Plan"?

O’Loughlin: I read the script long before Kate wanted it read. I think I read it two or three drafts before the final, and it was excellent. Probably about seven or eight months before, I got a call from Alan, asking to meet with me. I was in Pittsburgh working on another project, and I read the most recent draft, which was essentially the draft we ended up shooting — and it was excellent …

And I met with Alan. He was on the East Coast, and I was in Pittsburgh, and we went to the Hyatt or somewhere. I had a copy [of the script]. We [Alan and I] had met before. He ended up offering me the film, and then that weekend I flew up and met with Jennifer at the house, and it all sort of just made sense. But where it started was with the script and with Alan.

Of course, having Jennifer attached was a no-brainer. Not only I know what she would bring and I know what level the film would be delivered at. But the creative vision starts with the writer and then belongs to the director. It was such a creative vision with the script …

It has the perfect arc of a romantic comedy with a wonderful balance of a contemporary drama. You couldn’t make this movie 30 years ago. People would be like, "I don’t know what you’re talking about. Artificial insemination?" And today, I have friends who’ve gone though this: single women who have made this decision.

And it’s terrific. It was a great well-rounded character and it made perfect sense. I’d never done anything like this. I’m usually getting offered roles like … I’ve played more villains than anything else. And I love playing villains, because I can just be evil and do whatever I want … ["The Back-up Plan] was the beginning of a new stretch of that I’m really interested in in my own career.


Alex O'Loughlin in "The Back-up Plan"


Alex, you're going to be starting in the TV remake of "Hawaii Five-O." How does it feel to be stepping into that iconic role?

O’Loughlin: OK, I’ve been given direct orders not to talk about it. I’m allowed to say like three things about the show. So I’ll tell you first of all I’m deeply grateful to live and work in this country and to the United States for opening its arms to me the way it has. I mean I think my attitude as an Aussie coming here — I’ve been coming here for a while now, I’ve been coming here for about 12 or 13 years — is that this country has afforded me and my family work and security. For that, I’m forever grateful.

And as an extension of that, being accepted to the point and loved to the point by you guys that I’m allowed to step into someone like Jack Lord’s shoes to play a character like Steve McGarrett in "Hawaii Five-O" is massive for me. I mean it’s not lost on me the significance of that. It’s good. It’s the biggest pilot CBS has ever shot, I believe. It’s the biggest pilot I’ve ever shot. If I took my shirt off, I look like a beaten piece of beef. I’ve sort of been getting thrown out of tanks and beaten around the island of Oahu for a couple of weeks. I’ve just come back. So I’m very, very excited about it. I hope the fans really enjoy what we’ve done.

What is one scene in the movie that you really identified with the most?

O’Loughlin: I have a 12-year-old. I was there when he was born. He’s the center of my universe and always has been. I’ll never forget the day he was born. I mean, I kept it together. I was pretty good, I think. I was supportive.

But really, that scene in the water birth when Stan comes in and goes, "Oh my God!" I mean that’s what was happening inside of me. I think really that’s what happens inside every man when he witnesses childbirth. It’s just like, "Please don’t faint. Dear lord, what’s happening?" So that was pretty funny. That was just an expression of my inner self when I actually was there.

Lopez: I mean, for me, just the experience of being pregnant was something that I obviously could relate to. All the different feelings and emotions and everything in the script, there was just so much for me in there that I related to and loved playing. Just everything. It was just perfect timing for me.


Jennifer Lopez and Alex O'Loughlin in "The Back-up Plan"


Jennifer, what can you say about your next album and when it will be released?

Lopez: We’re aiming for summertime. I’ve been working on it since last summer. I’ve recently parted ways with my old record company [Sony Music], and we have a new one [Def Jam Records], so they’re going to get involved with it. They’ve heard what I’ve been working on already. Everybody’s really happy with it. We just need to finish it.

What does the album sound like?

Lopez: It’s the same as I’ve always done. It’s going to be that combination of dance and a little bit of street and a little bit of hip-hop and a little bit of R&B and just all of those influences that I grew up with that my music has always had. My albums, if you look at from my first one to the [most recent] one, [each album] always have a few ballads on there, and there’s a few great dance cuts and mid-tempos. I just explore.

Did you write any songs for your kids?

Lopez: Well, I wrote a song for the babies. I don’t know that I’m going to put it on the album.

"Love?" is the title of your next album. Why did you decide to name your album that way?

Lopez: I’m going to call it "Love?" because I just feel like it’s an endlessly fascinating topic that all my albums have been about, and it’s still very confusing to me. And so I explore that on this album, probably more than my other albums. [The album] hasn’t taken its full shape yet. There’s a real base of material that really goes with that concept, and then there’s going to be stuff that we’re going to create now that I don’t really know what it’s going to be.


Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez at the Los Angeles premiere of "The Back-up Plan"


Do you have plans for another Spanish-language album?

Lopez: I’m going to start working on a new Spanish album probably in about a month, probably right as I finish the other [album]. I’ll probably put out ["Love?"] this year and ride that out, and probably put out the Spanish album next year.

What about your husband Marc Anthony’s next album?

Lopez: Marc’s album will be out this year as well. We just finished it and sequenced it the other day. It’s called "Iconos," which means "icons" [in Spanish], and he covered probably about nine of the most beautiful ballads that were ever sung.

Did you and Marc duet on any songs for your new albums?

Lopez: We didn’t do duet on this one. We’re going solo. He’s doing his thing, and I’m doing my thing. We had our moment in the third or fourth year that we were married, when we did everything together: We did "El Cantante," we did the tour, we made all the music together, he produced my album [2007’s Spanish-language "Como Ama una Mujer"]. That was a really beautiful time for us and we really enjoyed that, but I think we both subconsciously said, "It’s time for us. We both have responsibilities to our own individual fans, and we have to go off and do our own thing. You guys are going to love his new album. It’s absolutely brilliant.

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