Jennifer Aniston may be one of the most successful – and highest-paid – actresses in Hollywood, but a huge part of her charm is that she doesn’t take herself too seriously. In fact, we get the impression that when choosing roles, Jennifer’s main consideration isn’t whether it will lead to an Oscar nomination, but how much fun she’ll have on set.
Fun was certainly high on the agenda when it came to her making the comedy Murder Mystery 2 with her longtime friend and co-star, Adam Sandler. When we meet the 54-year-old actress to talk about their latest project, she admits their chemistry can even get them into trouble.
“Neither of us take ourselves very seriously, so we laugh a lot,” she says, “which is a challenge when we’re not supposed to be laughing!”
Jennifer and Adam, 56, go way back, and the former Friends star recently joked that they met when, “we were, like, 14”. The actors had certainly been pals for a very long time before they first worked together on the rom-com Just Go With It back in 2011, and Adam has made no secret of how much he enjoys working with Jennifer. The Wedding Singer star said, “I love her. She’s solid as a rock, she’s in great shape, she’s funny, she’s cool.”
Over the years, Jennifer’s love life hasn’t been quite as consistent as her friendships, and she’s been through her fair share of heartache after going through two divorces and many failed romances. Her marriage to Brad Pitt ended in controversy in 2005, when he was accused of leaving her for Angelina Jolie. She split from her second husband Justin Theroux in 2018, just three years after they tied the knot.
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