‘Wednesday’ Actor Luis Guzman Describes Former Costar Jennifer Lopez as ‘OK,’ Praises Jenna Ortega

Wednesday actor Luis Guzmán didn’t pull any punches describing his Out of Sight costar Jennifer Lopez in a recent interview.

Guzmán, 69, appeared on the latest edition of Hot Ones Versus on Wednesday, August 27, with his Wednesday costars Jenna Ortega, Emma Myers, Joy Sunday and Georgie Farmer. In a roundtable interview over spicy hot wings, the actor was put in the hot seat to describe some of his past costars in just one word.

“You’ve worked with some of the biggest legends in Hollywood history. I will now run down a list of your previous collaborators and you must quickly give me one word that best describes,” Myers, 23, instructed Guzmán.

As Myers reeled off a list of Hollywood who’s who, Guzmán described Adam Sandler as “amazing” and Catherine Zeta-Jones, his onscreen wife on Wednesday, as “bellissima.”

But when Myers brought up Lopez, 56, Guzmán simply responded, “OK.”

The actor’s response shocked and awed his younger costars: Myers and Ortega let out stifled laughter, while Sunday, 30, appeared wide-eyed by Guzmán’s response.

As for his current costar, Ortega, 22, Guzmán called his onscreen daughter a “prodigy.” Ortega, sitting next to the actor, responded, “Aw, I love you.” Guzmán mouthed “I love you” back.

Guzmán and Lopez collaborated on 1998’s Out of Sight, the crime caper directed by Steven Soderbergh and also starring George Clooney, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle and more.

In Out of Sight, Lopez played U.S. Marshal Karen Sisco, who is kidnapped by bank robber Jack Foley (Clooney) after he breaks out of prison. While their relationship is antagonistic at first, the pair slowly begin to fall for each other.

The film was notable for being among Lopez’s breakout movie roles. In fact, at the time of its release, New York Times critic Janet Maslin praised her performance, writing, “Ms. Lopez has her best movie role thus far, and she brings it both seductiveness and grit; if it was hard to imagine a hard-working, pistol-packing bombshell on the page, it couldn’t be easier here.”

Lopez reflected on the film’s legacy in a 2018 interview with GQ. “It kind of became a cult classic,” she said. “It didn’t get as much notice when it first came out at the box office. But now, years later, there’s so many people who tell me that was their favorite film. It’s crazy.”