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Jane Fonda went down memory lane The Drew Barrymore Show Recalls movies from her acting career. rom-com image from 2005 in-law monster Fonda recalled the infamous slapping scene opposite Jennifer Lopez, inflicting injuries on her.
“What immediately comes to mind is that there’s a slap scene. I slapped her and she slapped me…” Fonda recalled. “Well, Jennifer, according to Jennifer, she had this huge diamond ring, and when she slapped me, she ripped out my eye—my eyebrow.”
Fonda continued, “And she never apologized.”
in-law monster Directed by Robert Luketic and written by Anya Kochev, it follows Charlie (Lopez), an aspiring fashion designer who must confront her mother-in-law, played by Fonda, who will do anything to ruin her relationship with her son. , marks Fonda’s return to film after a 15-year absence since its release. Stanley & Iris 1990.
The comedy also starred Michael Vartan, Wanda Sykes, Adam Scott, Monet Mazur, Annie Paris, Will Arnett, Elaine Stritch and Stephen Dunham. According to IMDB, in-law monster It was budgeted at $43 million and made over $155 million worldwide.
Fonda also recalled filming while appearing on the daytime talk show barbarella We talked about what happened behind the scenes in the opening scene where she is striptease in space.
“I hate being naked in public. I’m drunk,” she said. “my husband [director Roger Vadim] He promised me that the title of the movie would cover various personal parts of me.He lied.He really didn’t.
Fonda said, “Just before this terrifying experience ended, a bat flew between me and the camera. I had to redo the whole thing the next day. I didn’t know this had happened until I saw Rush.” So I had to start over with a hangover.”
