Jennifer Lopez gets nervous when she films kissing scenes.
Getting Nervous
While the 56-year-old actress has had many passionate smooches on the big screen, shooting them still makes her nervous.
Jennifer Lopez told People, “I’ve been doing this a long time. I want to say that I was fine, but it’s always a thing. It’s like, ‘OK, I have to kiss this person that I don’t know, and I’m just getting to know you.’ You get a little nervous, that’s all.”
She and Brett Goldstein, 45, kiss in Netflix’s romcom, Office Romance. In it, CEO Jackie Cruz falls in love with her employee, Daniel Blanchflower, and they have a secret romance, choosing to follow their hearts instead of the rules.
Goldstein added that the best way to overcome the nerves is to “just go for it.”
“Great Chemistry” and Kissing
Lopez said she and her Office Romance co-star had “great chemistry” from the second they met.
She added, “I expected more of a rough guy, but you get this kind, gentle but also very smart person that is so charming. That was a surprise, I think.”
“I was a huge fan of his from him doing Ted Lasso. Roy Kent, that’s one of my favorite characters. I thought he was going to be more like the character, but he was so soft-spoken and sweet and totally different.”
In October 2025, Jennifer Lopez declared that Goldstein is the “best kisser” she’s ever worked with.
During an appearance on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, she was asked for her favorite on-screen kiss during the show’s Plead The Fifth game.
The 57-year-old chat show host said, “We have George Clooney, Matthew McConaughey, Ralph Fiennes, Richard Gere, Owen Wilson, Josh Lucas, it goes on and on. Plus movies which are in the can waiting to come out!”
Lopez responded, “I’m gonna say my favorite … I just did a movie with Brett Goldstein, and I’d say he was the best kisser.”
A Role for J Lo
Goldstein penned Office Romance with Jennifer Lopez in mind.
He explained to E! News, “So it was me and Joe Kelly [who] wrote it, and we were on a train. We were making Ted Lasso. We were on a train from Manchester to London, and we wanted to do something together.”
“What did we want to do? We wanted to make an old-school rom-com. And we were like, ‘Who’s the best rom-com actor?’ And it was like J.Lo. And that was it, that was why. We wanted to make the best J.Lo rom-com.”
Jennifer Lopez was surprised by Goldstein’s revelation.
She said, “I was really surprised because I was like, ‘Oh!’ I don’t get where people like write something for you specifically.”
“Like, they’ll write something and then be like ‘OK, she’d be great for that.’ But to write it specifically with you in mind is a whole different thing, and it was very flattering.”