Jennifer Lopez and Brett Goldstein talk "Office Romance" and their on-screen chemistry

The newest rom-com duo with off-the-charge chemistry is coming to your screens. Lucky us. Jennifer Lopez and Brett Goldstein. You might not have put the two together, but wait till you see this. Starring the highly anticipated new Netflix romantic comedy, it's called Office Romance. So what's it about? The movie follows two workaholics who fall hard for each other at the office. Lopez plays a tough airline CEO, and Goldstein plays her ambitious new lawyer. We sat down with them a couple of days ago to talk about it. But first, let's take a look at a clip from the movie when the duo meet for the very first time and sparks fly for at least one of them. You're very, um, impressive. You glow. You, wow. You're the new lawyer? Yes, um, sorry. I am he, Daniel Lunchflower. Nice shoes. Well, he didn't have game in the beginning. Jennifer Lopez and Brett Goldstein join us. Nice shoes. That was the best you could do? Nice shoes. Yeah, he was dazzled. And this is what I love so much about a rom-com. Help me understand, Jennifer, why I love it so much. Because I was saying when I was talking to him in the green room that I'm a hopeless romantic and you said you're not a hopeless romantic, you're a hopeful romantic. Yes, yes. I think rom-coms, uh, romantic comedies really kind of tap into something about life, right? Because life is funny and that's the comedy of it, right? Like, it doesn't matter how, like, sad or whatever. Somehow you can always find a way to, like, giggle even through tears sometimes. Life is inherently humorous in a way. And then the romantic part gives you hope and I think it's the one thing that everybody's searching for, right? Yes, yes. It's like you want to find your person. And Brett, I'm thinking you found your person when it comes to Jennifer Lopez. The reason why I love the backstory. I love the backstory because you said you wrote this movie with her in mind. Well, I've always been a fan, famously, of JLo. But I think, A, I think she's a tremendously underrated actor. I think she's, I think everyone kind of takes for granted all the things she does. But she's a fantastic actor. And in this genre in particular. Did you know her? You were thinking all these things about her. Never met her. No, it was all a gamble. But you were just admiring her from afar. Yeah, and we wanted to do something different than she'd done before. Because I'd seen all of her rom-coms and in all of them she's always, like, low status and she's aspiring to something and she's, like, on the outskirts of things. And with this it was like, no, I want to do something where she's the boss. She's the CEO. It's more truthful to how I imagined she would be in real life. You know, if I didn't know better, I'd say you have a crush on Jennifer Lopez, Brett Goldstein. What on earth makes you say something so ridiculous? But I love too, Jennifer, to his point about she is a CEO. She's a Latino CEO. I love this. Of an airline company. I love this. I thought that was an interesting twist too. Like, little girls need to see this. Yes, yes, yes. I just felt, and I thanked him for that yesterday. Because honestly, he just put me as the CEO of this company and I didn't really think about it until later. Which is great as well, right? Like, you're not thinking, oh, it's the Latin woman in this role. You're thinking, oh, this is the woman in this role. Yes, of course, she belongs in this role. But it is very important, the fact that I am Latina and that I am the boss here. What would have happened, Brett, if she hadn't liked it? We wouldn't have made it. I'm very touched by that, Jennifer. But Gail, I've been writing one for you, but you need to make yourself more available. Do I fall in love with Tom Brady? No. Does he fall in love with me? He does now. You're very good at manifesting. And I just think he's one of the nicest people. Listen, I know it's an obvious joke, but I like that, you know, I saw a clip from 2022 when you were doing something with Ted Lasso. And they said, you sat on the red carpet, I saw myself marrying J-Lo. I know you've seen that. I have seen it. And so I'm thinking, you said that for, I don't think you were joking at the time. I love the chemistry between the two of you. No, you're right. I wasn't joking. And shortly after I gave that. Dead serious. Shortly after I gave that interview, we got married. And we've been married for years and nobody knows it. No, but I mean, there is something, you know, they're all the talk about the chemistry between the two of you. I know it's called acting. I think with a rom-com. Yes. Thank God everyone thinks this because the worst thing would be a rom-com where you're going, I do not want to see these two kiss. That would be a disaster. We don't, we don't believe them. Yeah. I don't believe it. You wouldn't necessarily put the two of you together according to the writing of the thing, but it does work. It's like you're taking pot shots at yourself is what I mean. Yes. He can because he's incredibly charming and handsome and smart. Okay. Keep going. All of that is true. It is. But what I liked about it. What a morning. No, and I'm not, I'm being serious about this. It's not silly. The storyline is great. I liked it very much. Jennifer, I just want to talk to you about Emptiness for just a second. Okay. Because I remember when it happened to me, I remember dropping Kirby off and, you know, put on brave face and you pull over to the side of the road and just have a little breakdown. But I also think it's such a great time in their lives and your lives too. I'm wondering how you're dealing with it. Yeah. I think it's, you know, it's all the feelings, right? Like I didn't think until a couple of months ago, like it really hit me. Yes. And when it hit me, I started really like having a lot of emotional moments and one graduated last week and one's graduating, you know, at the end of this week and you do, you feel like, okay, I'm really happy that they're going to get out there and have their life and do their thing. I remember what it felt like for me at that age. I was like, couldn't wait to get out there and do my thing. Are you both open to love at this stage in your life? You might already have somebody. I honestly don't know anything about your personal. Let's keep it that way. Okay. Jennifer, I know a little something about your personal life. Are you open? Yeah, everybody did. Yeah. Are you open to love still? Of course. Yeah, me too. Of course. I mean, to me, it's why I love romantic comedies and I love movies like this because it is about, you know, life and the most important thing to me, the most important thing in life is love. Well, I'll just say this to you both. You know, I love the chemistry on and off the camera. If it does turn out to be something I would like to be included in whatever future plans you have. Birthday parties, engagement parties, weddings, just throwing it out there. Please invite us to the Tom and Gary wedding. Yeah. Can you let him know? He's not aware of any of this. Jennifer Lopez, cheering you on always. Brett, I adore you, cheering you on too. I can't wait for people to see this. It's called Office Romance. It's on Netflix tomorrow.