Fiennes 'acts as decoy' for Affleck, Lopez
Ralph Fiennes has admitted he acted as a decoy for Ben Affleck as his romance with singer-actress Jennifer Lopez got off the ground earlier this year.
Newspaper reports linked Fiennes and Lopez as they worked together on new film Maid In Manhattan but she was actually dating Affleck.
Fiennes, 39 tells People magazine: “I was the decoy. It was actually Ben Affleck.
“Later I said, ‘Jennifer, I’m a little jealous. We were having a thing – now it’s Ben’.”
Fiennes said he enjoyed having the chance to appear in romantic comedy Maid In Manhatten instead of the more serious roles he is usually given.
He is currently starring with Anthony Hopkins and Ed Norton in the thriller Red Dragon.
He says: “They go to me for angst. I don’t get the same scripts that go to Hugh Grant.
“It was a great challenge. I had to find a tone where there was no subtext of distress or frustration. I’d think, ‘Is this it? I smile, I say hello and look like I love her’?”
