Jennifer Lopez says Ben Affleck quoted a line from his own movie during his wedding speech
- Lopez revealed in her newsletter that Affleck quoted a line from one of his movies during his wedding speech.
- It was from the 2016 movie “Live by Night,” which he wrote, directed, produced, and starred in.
It turns out Ben Affleck reused a line he uttered in one of his movies while tying the knot with Jennifer Lopez.
Lopez revealed this factoid in her On the JLo newsletter on Thursday (via Entertainment Weekly) while recounting the wedding celebration held at Affleck’s Georgia estate on August 20.
“‘This is heaven. Right here. We’re in it now.’ That is one of my favorite lines that Ben wrote from a movie he directed called ‘Live By Night,'” Lopez wrote. “He also said it the night of our wedding reception in his speech, and I thought…how perfect.”
“Live By Night” is a 2016 movie Affleck wrote, directed, produced, and starred in. He plays a gangster in the bootleg era.
But if you’re not familiar with it, don’t feel too bad — the tough guy movie that also stars Chris Messina, Zoe Saldana, and Elle Fanning (who says the line in the movie that Lopez loves) was a critical and box-office bomb.
The movie has an abysmal 34% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and only took in $22.6 million at the worldwide box office.
But for Lopez and Affleck’s big night, it was the cherry on top.
“That night really was heaven,” Lopez wrote of the evening. “Years ago, we had no idea the road ahead would mean navigating so many labyrinths and hold so many surprises, blessings, and delights.”
“It all culminated in this moment, one of the most perfect of our lives,” she continued. “We couldn’t have been happier. I wish all of you the same kind of happiness…the hard-earned kind that’s all the sweeter for the journey that came before it.”
Lopez and Affleck first began dating in 2002 and were engaged that year. The two postponed their wedding a year later and split in 2004. The two then rekindled their relationship in 2021 and were married in Las Vegas earlier this year.
