It may be something of a different venture for Jennifer Lopez, but the actress looked right at home filming scenes for her new thriller movie Parker in New Orleans yesterday.
She stars alongside crime film veteran Jason Statham in the heist-based movie.
Statham, 44, smouldered in his titular role as a cold and calculating professional thief with morals, looking tough in his all-black outfit as he walked along with a hand firmly on the small of Lopez’s back.
On set: Jennifer Lopez and Jason Statham filmed scenes for their new movie Parker
Lopez, 42, who plays a real estate agent in the film, was wearing a nude dress and cream high heels and injecting a lot of attitude into the role.
Her costumes for the movie have included dowdier numbers which are a step in the opposite direction from her usual stunning stage outfits.
But hard-working Lopez has taken to the wardrobe choices in good spirit and has thrown herself into her work in a bid to distract herself from her recent split with husband Marc Anthony.
In character: Jennifer plays a real estate agent while Jason plays a thief
And while Statham is old hat when it comes to crime thrillers, Lopez is stepping out of her rom com comfort zone to star as the female lead in the movie.
But the mismatching seems to be effective for their respective roles in the movie and the pair were working well together on set.
The film is an adaptation of the late Donald Westlake’s novel Flash Fire, one of a series of books about thief Parker that the author wrote under the pseudonym Richard Stark.
Showing her the ropes: Jason is a thriller veteran while Jennifer is usually seen in rom coms
Distraction: Jennifer has thrown herself into her work following her split from husband Marc Anthony