Is this J.Loâ€™s â€˜Fatal Attractionâ€™ moment?

Jennifer Lopez leads the cast in The Boy Next Door, a psychological thriller that explores a forbidden attraction that goes much too far.

Jennifer Lopez is a woman who knows what she wants. Source: Getty Images

IT'S easy to forget what a talented actor Jennifer Lopez is because of her singing prowess but the brunette beauty has reminded audiences of what a force on film she in her latest psychological thriller, The Boy Next Door.

It's being dubbed "the Fatal Attraction of 2015" and covers some pretty intense topics such as obsession and stalking.

In the film, a handsome, charming teenager named Noah (Ryan Guzman) moves in next door to a newly separated high-school teacher Claire Peterson (Jennifer Lopez). The pair engage in what seems like harmless flirtation until things take a sinister turn.

We sat down with the ever veracious Lopez to find out just what it was like filming such a passionately dark movie and how she handled the, gulp, raunchy nude scene ...

Jennifer Lopez and ex-boyfriend Casper Smart and her daughter Emme watch Chanel's ready to wear Spring-Summer 2013 collection. Source: News Corp Australia

Has anyone ever been obsessed with you in real life?

I have had people kind of obsessive but not like an obsession that turns unhealthy or dangerous or scary. But I have felt like there was a little bit of an obsession at times. They just have to live with it.

Have you ever been obsessed with anyone?

No, not like that. No.

Apparently you had some trepidation about the sex scene?

I think everybody is always nervous when you have a scene like that in the movie but everybody I think realised it was just about finding the line. So the studios being nervous, the actor and the director having a vision of what he wants and finding the balance between all of those things so that it's actually about the story and not about just the sex. And I think all of us realise that it was really an integral scene and that connection and that moment really propels the rest of the film, because it really makes him crazy.

Jennifer Lopez looked stunning at the Weinstein Company & Netflix's 2015 Golden Globes After Party this year. Source: Getty Images

Was it the first time you had to be nude on screen?

No, it's not. Money Train. I have done versions of that over the years many times. You do thirty-something movies, (laughter) you are having love scenes a lot.

This movie is going to be referred to as 'the Fatal Attraction of 2015.' What do you think of that?

I don't know. I mean it's a fun movie for sure and it is about obsession but I am too humble to make that comparison.

Are you good at reading the red flags in a person?

I have gotten better. I realise that I was more of an ignorer of red flags. Like I saw them and then was just like, Ah, I didn't see that.' (laughs) But now I am more apt to act on it than I was when I was younger.

If you could warn someone against the dangers of being with an obsessive person, what would you tell them?

I think the biggest message that I could ever put out there is to love yourself. I think when we love ourselves we make good choices. And when we don't and we are not focused on that and then we make bad choices. I want to make the best choices for myself; I want to make good choices in a partner. I want to make good choices for my work and when we don't care about ourselves truly and genuinely and we don't think we have that worth or value, which I think a lot of people struggle with, we wind up making bad decisions for ourselves, whatever that may be. And I believe that through my music and through the book that I wrote, all the things that I do, I always try to get that message out there, because we are not taught that when we are little. We are taught to love others and take care of others and not of ourselves, and that's where everything starts. That's where all good starts, within each one of us.

Who is living next door to you?

Who is living next door to me? I would rather not talk about it; it's not the best experience of my life.

Jennifer Lopez presented at the 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 11, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images) Source: Getty Images

In Hollywood men date or marry younger women and what I like about this movie is that here's a more mature woman with a younger man and that has become more of the norm than in former years.

I used to think it was shocking that older women would be attractive to younger men. And I it's probably more realising than ever that we are at our best and as we get older, whereas before the thought was you are in your 20s and that's when you are at your best and after that it's downhill. And it's not that. And I think that has changed and that idea has changed. And so we are attractive and we are more interesting and we are more self-assured than we were ten years before and there's something sexy and attractive about that, to all men, including guys who are adults by the way, so what's the big deal? (laughs)

What is the best way of breaking up with someone so they get it? So it's final?

(laughs) I think to be direct. I think what we do is try to beat around the bush a little bit, but that never works. Just be direct. What did my mum used to say, just pull the Band-Aid off fast.

Do you do it in person?

Of course. Who doesn't do that? Cowards.

You said the most important thing is to love yourself. Who taught you that? Is that something you learned along the way?

No, I had to learn that the hard way, yeah. And recently. (laughs) In the past five years, that's become super evident to me. I feel like it took me a long time but I think it happens at a certain point in life, when you start becoming more aware of what is important and what you are doing wrong and you actually have patterns and that something is actually wrong with you and not everybody else. That it's actually you. And when you are humble enough and have been humbled enough to realise that and to start wanting to make changes.

Jennifer Lopez gets some family time with her twins Max and Emme. Source: Supplied

You are an amazing multi-tasker. Do you see that in your kids?

Both my children are very different. They are twins, a boy and a girl, and very different personalities, but I find them both to be very loving and energetic and bright and joyful. They are different; they are different human beings, even than me or each other. They are very yin and yang. My daughter is very kind of quiet and artistic and introverted and my son is very boisterous and energetic and brilliant and smart. They are just different, they are both smart, they are both joyful; they are both loving, but just different people.

How much of yourself do you see in them?

I see myself in both of them a little bit, and I see their dad in them too.

Jennifer Lopez performs at 103.5 KTU's KTUphoria at IZOD Center in East Rutherford, NJ. (Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP, File) Source: AP

What is your workout regimen like?

I was doing Tracy Anderson for a long time and I will continue doing her method this year as well. And then just weights, as you get older and stuff like that you start losing a little muscle and you realise that you have to do more protein and you have to adjust. What worked for you when you were in your 20s doesn't work for you when you are in your 40s, and everything is kind of evolving all the time and I just try to keep up with myself.

Do you start every morning with a protein shake?

That I do. That I have been doing for a year and a half. I do like starting that way and I feel like it sets me off on a good day. It gives me energy, it gives me the protein I need to start off the day, it's not greasy; it's not me making a bad choice first thing in the morning.

Valentine's Day is around the corner. What are your plans?

I have no plans for Valentine's Day, except to love myself. (laughter) That's it.

Jennifer Lopez and ex-husband singer Marc Anthony arrive at The 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards held at Staples Center on February 13, 2011. Source: Getty Images