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J-Lo plays reporter probing Mexican border murders
(Shenzhen Daily)
Updated: 2005-10-10 11:10
Pop diva and actress Jennifer Lopez has put aside her usual glamour and is
filming in a hilltop shantytown this week for a gritty movie about the murders
of hundreds of women on the US-Mexico border.
Wearing a blond wig, slacks and long-sleeved shirts, Lopez plays a
Chicago-based reporter sent to Mexico to investigate the wave of more than 300
slayings in Ciudad Juarez, a violent border city in Chihuahua state across from
El Paso, Texas.
Directed by Gregory Nava and co-starring Antonio Banderas, "Bordertown" is
being shot in the Mexican city of Nogales on the border with Arizona.
In baking heat on Friday, Lopez shot scenes in a shantytown of tin-roofed
shacks, set up to look like a Ciudad Juarez neighbourhood where many women were
killed.
Security was extremely tight for the 35-year-old A-list star.
Heavily armed Mexican police patrolled the set and three bodyguards were
there along with her salsa star husband Marc Anthony to protect Lopez every time
she stepped out of her sport utility vehicle for the shoots.
Scores of star-struck Mexican film extras shivered in the morning cold on
Friday, waiting for Lopez' camera call.
AdvertisementAdvertisement"I've only ever seen her in films before, and now
getting to work with her is just thrilling," said 53-year-old clothing trader
Gustavo MoreNo
The week-long location shoot has brought traffic to a standstill in the dusty
border city as thousands of residents and visitors jostled to catch a glimpse of
the star, who has a huge following in Latin America.
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