Jennifer Lopez looked sensational in a fiery red gown and matching heels as she appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Friday night.
The 52-year-old Grammy-nominated singer was there to promote her latest movie, Marry Me, starring Owen Wilson, Maluma, and Sarah Silverman.
The actress later took the stage with Maluma to perform the title track from the movie and switched into a revealing two-piece ensemble that showed off her toned stomach.
Silk dream: Jennifer Lopez looked sensational in a fiery red gown and matching heels as she appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Friday night
Marry Me – a romantic musical comedy-drama where the singer plays Kat Valdez, a pop superstar who gets cheated on right before her wedding and then decides to marry a fan – hits theaters on February 11.
In honor of her new movie Lopez and Fallon played a series of wedding-related games.
They started out by catching roses that were being blasted at them from cannons, the proceeded to carry bride and groom dummies through a threshold and throw them onto a wedding bed.
Lopez won the first two games, but lost to Fallon on the third challenge, which had them digging through two wedding cakes to find a wedding ring.
‘There’s no ring in here, this is disgusting,’ the singer joked as the two got their hands dirty.
During the interview, Ben Affleck’s girlfriend talkedaout crashing Maluma’s concert to shoot one of the scenes for Marry Me, instead of recreating a fake concert on a movie set.
‘He was having like two nights at Madison Square Garden and, of course, the producer in me is like, “We can take advantage of this. We have a scene, a big scene in an arena. Why don’t we do it at your concert?” And he was like, “Okay.”‘
Fun: In honor of her new movie Lopez and Fallon played a series of wedding-related games, starting off by catching roses that were being blasted at them from cannons
She’s strong: They then proceeded to carry bride and groom dummies through a threshold and throw them onto a wedding bed
Having fun: Lopez won the first two games, but lost to Fallon on the third challenge, which had them digging through two wedding cakes to find a wedding ring
‘It was amazing. This scene is in the movie and they just didn’t expect me to come out at his concert, I’ve never been out at one of his concerts, and the crowd went wild and we got it all on film and we sang together,’ she revealed.
She also discussed her joy at being able to do the soundtrack for the movie. ‘This is the first time I got to like sing, make an album for a film, it is like joining my two worlds together.’
‘I also got to play a character who was a lot like myself, you know, she’s in the spotlight. Personal life, public life, trying to make it all work, you know, failing miserably at times,’ she joked.
Improvising: During the interview, Ben Affleck’s girlfriend talkedaout crashing Maluma’s concert to shoot one of the scenes for Marry Me
Fond moment: ‘This scene is in the movie and they just didn’t expect me to come out at his concert, I’ve never been out at one of his concerts, and the crowd went wild and we got it all on film and we sang together,’ she revealed
The New York native also specified that the soundtrack has a unique sound.
‘It’s not like a Jennifer Lopez album or even a Maluma album. It’s a Kat and Bastian album. These are songs that I really picked for the characters and that really, kind of, like, furtheredaong the story, just like any good musical,’ she said, referencing the main characters from the movie.
‘And it really tells the love story. The journey of, you know, finding your true love,’ she added.
Soundtrack: She also discussed her joy at being able to do the soundtrack for the movie with the Colombian singer
Sweet: ‘This is the first time I got to like sing, make an album for a film, it is like joining my two worlds together,’ she said
The musical sensation also briefly spoke about her teenage twins – Emme, 13, and Max, 13, whom she shares with ex-husband Marc Anthony, 53 – during the interview.
‘You know, they go from, like, being these babies and then when they turn, like, 11 1/2, 12, they become, like, adult people in a little body,’ she said.
‘But what they do is that they need to like, distance themselves a little bit. You know, it’s like, “It’s my life. I have my own identity I am who I am. This is how I feel about the world. This is what I think.”‘
‘And I’m like, ‘Come up baby, do you want to sit on my lap?’ she joked. ‘And they’re like “Mom, stop. Stop touching me.”‘
Her kids: The musical sensation also briefly touched on her teenage twins – Emme, 13, and Max, 13, whom she shares with ex-husband Marc Anthony, 53 – during the interview
Growing up: ‘I’m like, ‘Come up baby, do you want to sit on my lap?’ she joked referencing her kids growing up, ‘And they’re like “Mom, stop. Stop touching me”‘
Lopez also talkedaout her mom – Guadalupe Rodriguez – who was in the audience.
‘I always wanted to sing, I always wanted to dance. My mother loved musicals you know, she showed me them from when I was very, very little, and I just had all these dreams of, like, doing that, and so, I’m doing it,’ she said.
‘I mean, I grew up in the Bronx. We really didn’t have a lot. You know, this is a dream come true everything I do every single day, I feel so incredibly blessed. I feel so lucky to be doing what I’m doing.’
Emotional: In Marry Me Lopez accepts a proposal from a fan on a sign held-up at a concert, and the actress got emotional while discussing her own real-life instance of a similar moment
