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In 2003, Jennifer Lopez And Ben Affleck , which was one of the hottest celebrity couples of the time, was co-star in a film entitled Gigli . Despite the public's interest in their real romance, the romantic comedy on the theme of the crowd was not well received. Gigli obtained viciously negative criticism of criticism and was a bomb at the box office, which earns only $ 7 million with a budget of $ 75 million. He became something of an edifying tale, because his failure could have been relatively unnoticed if he was not led by a pair of lists A in a very publicized relationship. Gigli would also be the last film directed by its director and writer, Martin Brest , who retired from Hollywood after the experience.

In a new interview with Variety ,, Brest has opened its doors on his career, including revealing what he believes he has been wrong with Gigli . This is the first time that the 71 -year -old filmmaker spoke about it publicly in 20 years. Read the rest to see what he had to say about what he called "a horrible corpse of a film".

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Brest could be forever linked to Gigli , but before that, he had made several much more successful films. Its other five feature films are the years 1979 Style , 1984 Beverly Hills cop , 1988 Midnight , 1992 The scent of a woman and 1998 Meet Joe Black .

Both Beverly Hills cop And Midnight were nominated for the Golden Globe Awards for the best musical or comedy. The scent of a woman was nominated for four Oscars, including the best film, the best director and the best suitable script. Star Al Pacino won the best acting for the film.

Brest said Variety This Gigli - Although he refuses to even say his title aloud - radically changed the film which he initially intended to make.

"Of all the films I worked on, I know them inside and out," he said. "I don't even know what this film looks like, frankly, because of the way it took shape. Even the name ... I call it" the film G ". Probably less says better."

Brest continued by explaining that the film was changed "so radically" that he "wonders [s] if a film had changed a lot".

He continued: "The themes of the film were radically different. The plot was different. The goal of the film was different. But I can't escape from blame. [But] it's so weird - I don't remember Literally not from the film that I was released, because I was not below the way I was under the hood of all my other films. It is really a bloody mess that deserved his excoriation. "

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Brest said his conflicts with the studio were so "extended" that "post-production was closed for eight months while we were fighting". (Brest does not name the studio, but production companies behind Gigli Included Columbia pictures and revolution studios.) AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

"In the end, I ended up with two choices: to stop or be an accomplice in the Manage of the film. To my eternal regret, I did not stop, so I support the responsibility of a horrible corpse of a film" , explained Brest Variety .

He added that the film "became like a joke with his deleted punchline" and said that the recovery and the edition were "a futile attempt to make the growing mess look like a film".

"For the first time in my career, I had become a real collaborator - not in the Benin and Creative sense, but rather that of the one who, in violation of their real allegiances, cooperates with the occupying forces," said Brest Brest . "And for this type of compromise, self-actors far exceed possible audiences."

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Affleck and Lopez began to go out together after working on Gigli . They separated in 2004, but rekindled their romance from years later and married in 2022. The two actors commented on the back of the film and how it had an impact on their careers.

"I was avoided," Lopez said Vanity From the media reaction to Gigli In 2017. "I lost my sense of myself, I wondered if I belonged to this company, perhaps thought that I had sucking everything. And my relationship [with Affleck] is self-destruction before The whole world. It was two years of two years something for me until I resume myself. "

Affleck looked back Gigli during an interview in 2022 for Weekly entertainment led by his friend Matt Damon . He said that the studio clung to the idea that it was a romantic comedy because of his relationship and the relationship of Lopez.

"[ Gigli ] did not work and we did five weeks of recovery, which we did not know how to work. It was a film that did not work, "said Affleck. He also explained that he was delighted to work with Brest, which he called" extremely gifted ". The actor shared that despite the situation "depressing", he thinks Gigli was a "gift" because it led to a career change - making films himself - and presented Lopez to him.

Brest explained why he retired in his Variety interview. He said he knew that his career would not be the same after Gigli , because he did not believe that he would resume the amount of creative control he had before. So he decided to call it.

"I had a good race, and I appreciated success and freedom, and it was fantastic," he said. "I would have liked it to continue longer, but everyone likes everything to happen longer. But I feel very grateful for what I have experienced." He added that he had written some scripts after Gigli Out but don't see them getting done.

To be hesitant to talk about his work, he said: "Given the nature of the flame that ended my career, I just felt that it was better for my mood to put it all behind me and to Let the films speak for themselves. "