Playboy's 20Q: Kevin Smith

April, 2004

Playboy's 20Q: Kevin Smith1[Q] Playboy: In retrospect, considering the huge bomb that was Gigli, does casting Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez in your new movie, Jersey Girl, seem like a smart idea?[A] Smith: Just make sure you don't call the movie Gigli 2. I wasn't one of the people who hated Gigli, but look, Jersey Girl is not about Ben and Jen. It's about Ben's character coping with being a dad, because Jen's character dies within the first 15 minutes. We were trying to keep that quiet at first...