How Ben Affleck Always Plays a Part In Jennifer Lopez's Work

For Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck's constructive criticism don't cost a thing.

So, when it came to editing her latest project, the new Netflix thriller The Mother, the multihyphenate revealed the first person she let screen the film was her Oscar-winning husband.

"I show it to Ben, honestly, because he's so good at it," Lopez exclusively told E! News' Carolina Bermudez on the May 8 episode (airing tonight at 11 p.m.). "I'm like, 'What do you see? What do you think?' Because the first cut of a movie is not the last cut of a movie. The first cut of the movie is the first cut of the movie and then it goes through a whole incarnation after that. So the first cut I'm always like, 'You wanna see this with me or you wanna wait?' And he's like, 'No, let's watch it.'"

His advice often leaves her on the floor—in a good way.

"He always has amazing insight," the 53-year-old raved, "and sees things about characters and about story being a writer himself."

It's a mutual appreciation. To say the least.

"This is the most gorgeous woman in the world," the 50-year-old shared during the April 21 episode of The Drew Barrymore Show. "She looks spectacular."

And he's always happy to get loud for her.  "She works out. I mean, I work out too, but I don't magically appear to be 20 years old," Affleck, who wed Lopez last summer, said. "The work ethic is real. The discipline is very real but also, the superhuman thing is real."

Hear more from Lopez—including whether or not she wants to do a Broadway musical about her life—on tonight's E! News at 11 p.m.

The Mother premieres on Netflix May 12.

Keep reading to relive Lopez and Affleck's love story.

The two prepare to film a scene for the movie in West Hollywood. The couple met on the set of the film.

The two head to a party together.

The two are spotted in the city.

The two film the movie on Will Rogers State Beach in Los Angeles. That month, the actor proposes to the actress with a 6.1-carat pink diamond ring.

The two film the movie in New York City.

Is there anything more '00s than both Bennifer 1.0 and TRL?

The actor stars in J.Lo's music video.

The two make their red carpet debut as a couple at the premiere of her film Maid in Manhattan.

The two bundle up at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah.

The two appear at the premiere of Daredevil, starring Ben as the superhero.

The two appear at the premiere of Daredevil, starring Ben and future ex-wife Jennifer Garner.

The two attend the Academy Awards together.

The two show some PDA as they leave a gym.

The two head to their hotel in the French capital.

The two sit courtside at a Los Angeles Lakers game.

The two film a Dateline interview for NBC in Vancouver.

The two appear at the premiere for their movie in Westwood, Calif.

...it flops at the box office.

The two pay a visit to the Liberty County courthouse in Georgia.

The two postpone their wedding. No future date is given.

The two are seen at a Boston Red Sox game. The team is Ben's favorite.

The two end their engagement.

The two are spotted separately at the event in Los Angeles, days after Ben is seen at J.Lo's home in the city.

In early May 2021, Jen and Ben are photographed vacationing together in Montana, where he has a home. It marked the first time they were photographed since ending their engagement in 2004.

J.Lo and Ben bring her twins, Max and Emme, and his son Samuel to Universal Studios Hollywood. It marked the first time J.Lo or her family have been spotted with any of the actor and ex-wife Jennifer Garner's three children. Ben had joined J.Lo and her kids at a birthday dinner for her sister weeks earlier.

The two take their rekindled romance to the Hamptons in New York, where J.Lo has a house, over the Fourth of July weekend.

Ben and Jen party at her 52nd birthday party at L'Opera restaurant in St Tropez, France, where she sings along to her 2002 hit "Jenny From the Block."

Following many public but casual appearances, including with the actor's three kids and J.Lo's twins, plus several national and international trips, Bennifer officially make their return as a couple in the celebrity world when they attend the 2021 Venice Film Festival, their first industry event since they rekindled their romance.

They're baaaack. On Sept. 10, the couple makes their first red carpet appearance in 18 years at the Venice Film Festival premiere of The Last Duel. 

There's no denying J.Lo makes for a stunning plus-one!