Fans go wild as Jennifer Lopez reunites with Maid In Manhattan co-star Ralph Fiennes 22 years later

Fans went wild when Jennifer Lopez reunited with her Maid In Manhattan co-star Ralph Fiennes 22 years after their film came out.

In the romantic comedy, Ralph plays a Republican Senate candidate who falls in love with a hotel maid, played by Jo, after mistaking her for a socialite.

Although the film was critically acclaimed, it became a box office hit and remains an enduring favorite among JLo’s fan base.

The leads were back together as Ralph honored JLo at an event at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, held at the Parker Palm Springs resort.

“We really need to stop meeting in hotels like this,” JLo, 55, joked after Ralph, 62, brought her on stage Variety‘s 10 Directors to Watch and Creative Impact Awards.

Social media went into a frenzy over the reunion, with one commenting: “Maybe I’m crazy but I would love these two together.”

The romantic comedy starred Ralph as a Republican Senate candidate who falls in love with a hotel maid, played by Jo, after mistaking her for a socialite.

Offstage, the pair posed side by side for photographers in images that sent their fans online into an eruption of joy.

Jennifer has had a turbulent year in her personal life and filed for divorce from Ben Affleck last August, just on their second wedding anniversary.

Ralph honored her for her overall career and for her new film Unstoppable, whose producers included Ben and his longtime friend Matt Damon.

In his speech, Ralph talked about the plot of Maid In Manhattan and praised the “determination” with which she has lived her life.

“Once upon a time, in another life and perhaps in another era of movie storylines, there was a Republican senatorial candidate who walked around a hotel in Manhattan, and in that same other life there was also a maid in this hotel,” he says. said.

“This wannabe Republican senator was struck by her good looks, but he couldn’t quite get a good look at her. This girl was masking something in her understated and thoughtful way. She was sweet and charming, but she was actually hiding something,” he said.

‘She was hiding some kind of superpower. Behind this girl’s mask was indeed a force, a force of creativity, a force of action, something so powerful that just couldn’t stop,” the Harry Potter actor continued.

“An unstoppable force came from this humble and modest girl in the hotel, and this girl actually possessed extraordinary wings that unfolded, and away she flew,” the icon from The English Patient added.

Although the film was critically acclaimed, it became a box office hit and remains an enduring favorite among JLo’s fan base.

This weekend the main cast were back together as Ralph honored JLo at an event at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, held at the Parker Palm Springs resort

“We really need to stop meeting in hotels like this,” JLo, 55, joked after Ralph, 62, brought her on stage at Variety’s 10 Directors To Watch And Creative Impact Awards

Offstage, the pair posed side by side for photographers in images that sent their fans online into an eruption of joy

Ralph honored her for her overall career and for her new film Unstoppable, whose producers included Ben and his longtime friend Matt Damon.

In his speech, Ralph talked about the plot of Maid In Manhattan and praised the “determination” with which she has lived her life.

Social media went into a frenzy over the reunion, with one commenting: ‘Maybe I’m crazy but I would love these two together’

“In this life, in this story, she has been flying with determination from a young age because I think she knows that she has something inside her that she must honor when she flies high,” he continued.

“She honors, fulfills and shares her extraordinary creative spirit, shedding light on the lives of so many people, inspiring them and brightening their days.”

He praised her as a “wonderful dancer and singer” and a “wonderful actor”, sparing a mention of the “rather amazing pole dancing skills” she had picked up to play the queen bee of a crime gang of strippers in her. critically acclaimed 2019 drama Hustlers.

JLo posted a video of the speech on Instagram and wrote, “I can’t thank you enough Ralph Fiennes for your beautiful words and for our little Maid in Manhattan reunion today. It was great seeing you. You brought tears to my eyes. (That’s why I rambled through my entire speech LOL).”

She wrote, beaming, “I love you. Thank you so much…working with you has been one of the biggest highlights of my career so far. I say so far because I hope I get to do it again soon for Maid in Manhattan 2…You never know…’

Fans on social media gushed over the images of Ralph and JLo together, with one commenting, “Well she looks great! This is still one of my favorite rom-coms of all time.”

“I wonder which holiday home bought this for Ralph,” one person joked, while another complimented Jennifer’s outfit, writing: “I love this lilac on her.”

Another joked: ‘Me at first: wow, I didn’t know they had such a big age difference! Me after googling and finding out this isn’t the case: Wow, whatever she’s doing, it’s WORKING.’