Director Peter Chelsom explained why the star turned down the role of the female lead in his 2001 movie.
Jennifer Anistondidn’t need to star inPeter Chelsom’s 2001 movieSerendipity.
She was in a rom-com practically every week.
Jennifer Aniston almost played the female lead in ‘Serendipity,’ which ended up going to Kate Beckinsale.Everett Collection; Kevork Djansezian/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images
He then went on to explain the reason she turned it down.
“I distinctly remember Jennifer Aniston coming in to meet us,” Chelsom said.
Years later, after both of their lives have moved on, neither can forget about that meet-cute.
The filmmaker would later work with her on 2017’sThe Space Between Us.
Aniston, meanwhile, didn’t lack for rom-coms in the future, well beyondFriends.
