The documentary begins with clips from behind the scenes of J.Lo’s current critically acclaimed film, Hustlers. The onerous work that went behind the making of the film is highlighted all through the documentary. “It is tremendous painful as a result of it is sort of a crash course,” she says within the documentary, pointing to bruises on her legs from taking pole dance classes.
She says that she was excited in regards to the film as a result of it “has substance.” “That is one thing I fought for in my profession,” she says. “It is a movie about girls who had restricted choices and needed to make onerous selections. These characters remind me of girls I knew rising up within the Bronx.”
J.Lo obtained a Golden Globes nomination for the film after 20 years of being an actor. Regardless of being the highest runner for the award, she didn’t win. “I actually thought I had an opportunity; I felt like I let all people down,” she says reflecting on the loss. The run-up to the Oscars can be featured within the documentary. Regardless of overwhelmingly optimistic critiques, Hustlers didn’t obtain a single Oscar nomination.
“The reality is I actually began to suppose I used to be going to get nominated,” she says within the documentary. “I obtained my hopes up as a result of so many individuals had been telling me I might be. After which it did not occur. I needed to ask myself, what does that imply? I do that not for an award. I do that to inform tales and to have an effect on change and to attach with folks and make them really feel issues as a result of I wish to really feel one thing. That is why I do it,” she says.
