Lopez subsequently channelled this star presence into a more commercial kind of rom-com: following The Wedding Planner, which made nearly $100 million on a $35 million budget, there came Maid In Manhattan which, 20 years on, also stands the test of time, with its quirky, mistaken-identity meet-cute between Ralph Fiennes' aloof politician and Lopez's hotel maid and single mum from the Bronx. Released a couple of months after Jenny from the Block, it was a nifty bit of cross-branding, cementing her identity as a woman, who, no matter where she went, or was elevated, knew, in the words of the song, "where I came from".
