Jennifer Lopez is a jack of all trades. The global icon can do everything from her successful music career to her stint in acting. But along with this, she also doesn’t shy away from speaking her mind. She did exactly this when she was working with actor Wesley Snipes on the 1995 action-comedy movie Money Train.
Lopez had previously described the entire experience as horrible and expressed her discomfort while filming on set with Snipes. But the actor himself had a different recollection of how things unraveled.
Wesley Snipes Contradicts Jennifer Lopez’s Money Train Filming Experience
During the late 1990s, Jennifer Lopez was quite vocal about a lot of things. She wasn’t afraid about taking big names. But the media started buzzing when she detailed how uncomfortable she felt during the filming of Money Train alongside Wesley Snipes. In a 1998 interview via Cheat Sheet, the actress recounted that even though she had a boyfriend at the time, Wesley Snipes was constantly making advances at her. She added:
Wesley – even though I had a boyfriend at the time – went full-court press. He was flirting with me-you always flirt with your co-stars, harmless-then he just started getting a little more serious. (Lopez further added) He would invite us all out together and then at the end of the night, he’d drop me off last and try to kiss me.
Lopez further added that she made it clear to the Blade actor that she wasn’t interested in him romantically. But the actor, on the other hand, didn’t take the rejection very well, and it sort of bruised his ego and pride. She also added that after this particular conversation, he didn’t talk to her for two months, making it a lot harder to film their scenes.
While this was how Jennifer Lopez remembered the happenings, Wesley Snipes, on the other hand, had a completely different story to share. Snipes added that he was just trying to make her comfortable on set. He added:
That was my job…I tried to make her comfortable – took her to dinner, talked. I knew people would look at the screen and say either, ‘They have chemistry,’ or, ‘They don’t.’ (Snipes further said) She tried to make it seem like I was using the craft just to get into her pants, and that really offended me. That’s why I didn’t say nothin’ to her.
Snipes’s statement represented his frustration with how his good intentions were misinterpreted as something entirely else. But while the actors had a little animosity back then, they have since moved on to the past and are frequently seen talking positively about one another.
Jennifer Lopez Felt ‘Violated’ During a S*x Scene
In an interview (via Pop Culture), the pop icon detailed how a particular s*x scene was not originally part of the script but was added midway as the directors wanted a s*xual element in the movie. She further felt that the scene was not all necessary given the storyline and plot. But she felt pressured and coerced to do so as it featured an influential actor. She recounted:
He was a big star at that time, with a lot of clout, and I was just starting out. (Further) It was my big break. And he really pressured me. He told me if the scene wasn’t hot enough, my part would end up on the cutting room floor. And that it would be bad for my career, like I’d get a reputation as difficult to work with.
Lopez described her experience as deeply unsettling and “horrible.” She further added that both of them were completely naked with just a sock covering the actor’s erection. Further, she could have used pillows and other things to avoid direct contact, but she was naive and wasn’t aware of the protocols back then.
The entire experience left Lopez in a nightmare, and she vowed to never work with the actor ever again. While she didn’t explicitly name the actor, it’s believed that she was referring to Wesley Snipes, with whom she had worked in Money Train.
You can watch Money Train on Fubo TV and rent it on Apple TV.
