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Fans go wild at the NYC premiere on Tuesday, June 3, 2026 office romance Jennifer Lopez and co-star Edward James Olmos sit down with content creator and Taffy Talks host Taffy Pessoa for a live recording of Taffy Talks. His roles in office romance As father and daughter, Cruise Airline CEO Jackie Cruz and board member and founder Captain Jack Cruz marked their third collaboration on a project together. my family And SelenaThey starred as father and daughter for the second time in 30 years.
The conversation discussed the two actors’ illustrious careers since their last collaboration – how it inspired them to pursue music and move into rom-com cinema, while Olmos elaborated on handling the pressure of a long-term career, his deep appreciation for his co-star’s on-screen presence, and his need to portray diverse and successful Latino characters.
This recording also coincided with the NY premiere screening held at Manhattan’s Regal Union Square. J.Lo A share for the fans, film crew and influencers.
Here are some highlights of the conversation.
meet again after 30 years
The conversation started with Olmos and Lopez’s experiences Selena And what lesson did they learn from this? “This is the best experience I have had in increasing my understanding of our culture,” says Olmos. “It’s truly a film that is even stronger today than it was when we completed it.” “It’s funny we’ve done three movies together, where I played his mother and he played my son,” Lopez explains. [My Family]and then my dad [Selena]. And we have such chemistry when it comes to acting together, and I felt like we were very lucky to have the opportunity to do that. When I read the script and saw the father-daughter dynamic, he was the first one that came to mind, and I thought it would be a great thing for us to do it again. It was a great dynamic. It was a different dynamic for us.”
draw of office romance
In terms of acting and ultimately producing office romanceIt went to co-star/co-writer Brett Goldstein, who recalled him saying, “This script, it was written for you. It’s a one-man list, it’s you. If you don’t do it, we’re not making a movie.” And then jokingly added, “And we will kill you.” She also quotes ted lassoThe romance between Roy Kent and Keely Jones as a factor in coming on board.
She also discussed her attraction to romantic comedy scripts, “Romantic comedies are movies where you know what’s going to happen. So really it’s about the journey, it’s about the chemistry, and it’s about how you get there. And I love romantic comedies because I think they reflect life in a way, in that the one thing that everyone really wants and is looking for is love. It’s something that we all can’t really do without. Can stay, and we’re always searching for,” shared some of his favorites from his career, including maid in manhattan And monster in Law.
New York, New York – June 02: Jennifer Lopez and Edward James Olmos speak at the New York Fan Premiere of Office Romance at Regal Union Square on June 02, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for Netflix)
Entering your “happy age”
asked about his life Selena By now, Lopez said, how would 56-year-old J.Lo talk to her 26-year-old self if she believed in the accomplishments she has accomplished? “I feel like I was away from her for a while, and now I’m coming back to her, that’s why I call it my ‘happy era,'” Lopez expressed, “because I feel so good that I finally sat down with that little girl. I’ve worked on myself for a long time. My kids are 18, they’re about to leave for college, and I started getting heavy therapy and working on myself.”
Importance of storytelling and representation
Olmos discussed giving up a promising baseball career in his early teens and this led to his father and him not speaking for 2 years. Especially when she found solace in singing and dancing. but with rita moreno West Side Story,The scenario changed. “She really did something to our abilities. Rita Moreno was tremendous. And then the world changed for us.” He later lamented that there are more Latinos and the art of storytelling is more powerful than ever. Olmos said, “The truth is that first of all, there are a lot of us. Second of all, there are going to be even more of us.”
Office romance. (L-R) Jennifer Lopez as Jackie Cruz and Brett Goldstein as Daniel Blanchflower in Office Romance. Ten million. Ana Carballosa/Netflix © 2026.
inspiring the next generation
As the conversation turned to whether Lopez had been approached by a new actress, Lopez talked about the conversation landmanPaulina Chavez when she was in London for press recently.
“There was this actress who just did landmanWhich is fantastic. She came up to me and she said, ‘Let’s take a picture.’ I was like, sure. i feel like i know her landmanAnd I watched the whole thing, and I said, ‘Hi,'” Lopez recalls. “He’s just so quiet and reserved,” she says, describing how Chávez whispered, “I love you.” It melted my heart and was like, ‘Oh my God.’ Hug me.’ And she says, ‘I just want to be like you.’
Lopez then concluded by discussing the vital importance of Latino representation in Hollywood, hoping that there will be representation for young Latina artists in the same way that Moreno was for them. “It brings tears to my eyes because we need to look at ourselves,” J.Lo passionately declares. “I needed to see Rita Moreno West Side Story Otherwise I wouldn’t be here. I wouldn’t be here because or I could have said, oh, ‘Maybe I can do that too’.”
