Few have more experience with romantic comedies than Jennifer Lopez. She’s had numerous blockbuster films paired up with one handsome male actor or another, engaging in meet-cutes, hidden crushes, chaotic weddings, you name it. She hasn’t stepped away from the genre, either, with recent films such as Shotgun Wedding and Marry Me. Now she’s back at it for Netflix, and sharing the screen with Ted Lasso‘s Brett Goldstein in Office Romance, a film that throws a workplace twist into the romantic hijinx.
As seen in the new trailer, Office Romance stars Lopez as an airline exec and Goldstein as her attorney, both workaholics, who decide to stop putting love on the back burner and enjoy one another’s company romantically. But there are power dynamics at play, and a relationship such as this breaks all of the rules.
The film is directed by Ol Parker, no stranger to rom-coms as the director of Mamma Mia! and Ticket to Paradise. The script was co-written by Goldstein and Joe Kelly, a longtime producer/writer on Ted Lasso, so he knows the actor’s strengths well. In fact, Goldstein had one of the show’s longest-running romantic subplots, which helped turn him into a sought-after heartthrob around Hollywood.
Also in the cast are Betty Gilpin, Amy Sedaris, Tony Hale, Mary Wiseman, Bradley Whitford, Jodie Whittaker, and Edward James Olmos.
SYNOPSIS: Jennifer Lopez and Brett Goldstein lead this charming and raunchy romantic comedy. Lopez plays a powerful CEO and Goldstein is her airline’s newest lawyer. Their secret Office Romance takes off when these two workaholics stop playing by the rules and start following their hearts.
Office Romance hits Netflix on June 5th.
