In February 2010, Alex and JLo did some Valentines promotions for The Back-Up Plan.
This was their interview with Kevin Frazier of Entertainment Tonight, at the time.
Transcript.
Kevin: How much fun was it making this movie? You kind of walked away from it for a second now, and you can look back. How much fun was it?
Jennifer: It was a lot of fun.
Alex: It was good.
Jennifer: It was …. We had a great time. I mean, honestly, I said many times, that it was one of the best experiences I had. Just the group of people. And the movie itself. It was ….there was …. there’s a lot of funny in the movie, so that always makes for a great day.
Kevin: Hmmm
Jennifer: And ah ….
Alex: You did say that a lot. You would regularly, most days, you would come to …. when you saw me, you would say it ….
Jennifer: Yeah [giggle]
Alex: Jokes aside … That was such a great experience.
Jennifer: It’s true.
Kevin: Was it the project ….. Did it turn out to be the project that you wanted after 3 years off? Did you …. Do you think people will say, “Ah, there she is. She’s back”?
Jennifer: I hope so. I mean, I would hope so. I mean, for me, personally, it absolutely was.
I love romantic comedies. I love doing them. I love watching them. And this was like the dream one, for me. You know what I mean. I also loved, after not doing a movie for, I don’t know, 2 and a half – 3 years.
Ah … ah …. I just … I just love the whole, new thing, that I was able to bring, because of having the babies. And the experience of that. And the fact that the subject matter of the movie, dealt with that was well. Like, being able to, you know, bring all of that experience to it.
Kevin: Does this move make you want to have more babies? [To Alex] Or does it make you want to have babies?
Jennifer: I want to have more babies.
Alex: Yeah … ah … yeah …
Kevin: [Laughing]
Alex: I’m trying to work out whether … I think it wants me to get married first, and then have babies. It … It’s made it …. It made me realize how complicated this could be, if you did it backwards.
Jennifer: But that’s the thing you can … It’s so funny you ask us that. But …. That’s the whole subject of the movie. You can’t plan your life.
Alex: Right.
Kevin: Hmmm
Jennifer: And as much as you would like to. As much as you say, this is what I want to do, … And is how I want to do it. And by this time. And it’s all going to be perfect.
It’s … that’s …. that’s not really, life. You know, that’s not how it is. And you have to just be willing to go with what happens.
Alex: I think the thing that it did … I mean, we’re both parents. And I think the thing, for me …. ‘cos I just saw the film a couple of days ago. I think it’s great.
Jennifer: You saw it?
Alex: Yeah, it’s good. You’ve seen it.
You’ve seen it 50 times.
Jennifer: How funny is it though?
Alex: You were editing it, right?
Jennifer: Nah-ah.That’s what I am trying to …
Alex: But it’s …
Jennifer: If they would let me, I would.
Alex: It’s … It’s really funny. I went …. I drove to the Orange County …
Jennifer: It’s really funny.
Alex: ….. and saw it with a real audience and … a Non-Hollywood audience. ‘Cos I wanted to just see how … and they loved it. They’re like … I was …. I couldn’t believe how …. how much they loved it.
Jennifer: It’s funny.
Alex: And I loved it too.
Kevin: Did anybody catch you?
Alex: No! They snuck me in … and Maggie Schmit pulled me in.
Jennifer: They sneak you out through the kitchen.
Alex: And the snuck …. through the kitchen, and ….. you know.
Jennifer: [Giggles]
Alex: I think, that the thing …. like despite all the madness that these characters go through, and … and everything is upside down, and back to front. And they try to work everything ……. Once the kids arrive … I mean I think, one of the big things in this movie is …. is it shows how, once children come into your life, everything is put in perspective.
And as a person, whether you’re a father of a mother… you know, kids, you realize why we are here on a fundamental level. And for the first time, despite yourself, you will love another person, more than you love yourself. I mean, that’s what kids sort of do.
Kevin: Hmmm … hmmm
What is there about her that surprised you?
Alex: Probably that, she was so …. she’s … 3rd person, she is right next to me.
Probably that you were so down to earth, you know, living in this kind of … bubble of iconic fame that you exist in. Which I did not know anything about. I don’t know, I … I don’t have that.
I come from … I just ….. I don’t have that. My life is very different … and so … I guess not living in that … we all have different ideas about what it’s like for other people in different circumstances. But just ….
Jennifer: He expected me to be really weird.
Alex: No, it’s not true
Jennifer: [Laughs] Normal.
Alex: No is such a ..
Jennifer: Semi-normal.
Alex: No, no … but I don’t think I did …. I didn’t expect.
Jennifer: Whatever normal is?
Alex: We met at your house and we hit it off.
Jennifer: Yeah.
Alex: I don’t think I put anything on it, in the beginning. So it was just a series of …. .
Jennifer: But you have those preconceived notions …
Alex: No, but I did not have that many.
Jennifer: Yeah. That’s good.
Alex: But you …. When I went to ….. when I went to Jennifer and Marc’s house to meet them, before we all agree to do the picture. I was at the house and …. and … one of the … I guess your maid or … or someone like, let me through the house. And I hadn’t met them yet. And they … and they took me and sat me in …. What do call that room? Like den of something?
Jennifer: The office.
Alex: The office. And it’s beautiful … beautiful, everything. But it’s just wall to wall, like Platinum Records, of them both. And I was like, you know ….
Jennifer: [Laughing]
Alex: It was just like, ….. this power couple!
Kevin: Would you guys do something together again?
Jennifer: Yeah, I would
Alex: Work wise? I thought you meant …. you were going to ask if there is something right now …
Absolutely.
Well, what am I going to say? … “Not really”… [Laughing]
Jennifer: [Laughing]
Kevin: In three years, when you look like ….
Alex: Absolutely.
Actually, I was watching this movie the other night and at the end … Diana, my assistant, was with us, and we walked out and she was like, “That’s begging for a sequel”. And I was like …
Jennifer: [Laughing]
Alex: …. really?
Jennifer: Like that?
Alex: Yeah, and then …
Jennifer: With the kids and all ….
Alex: Absolutely, I’d love to.
[Alex & Jennifer High Five]
Jennifer: High five.
Kevin: Advice for couples for Valentine’s day?
Jennifer: I don’t know what we’re going to do this year?
Kevin: Really?
Jennifer: I don’t know what we are doing. Haven’t … honestly, I haven’t even thought about it. I have no advice for couples, on love. You know.
Kevin: [Giggle]
Jennifer: I always feel like I’m still figuring everything out. I go day by day with my thing.
Link to Video:
Alex O´Loughlin ~ An Intense Study 