Jennifer Lopez was a bag of nerves when she and husband Marc Anthony hosted the premiere of their new film El Cantante in Puerto Rico.

The couple, whose parents all hail from the old country, decided to stage a star-studded opening for the Hector Lavoe biopic - because that's where the late salsa legend came from.

But Lopez feared the idea was a terrible one as she sat in the audience at the premiere.

She explains, "It was always our dream to debut the film in Puerto Rico because it is a Latino story, it is a Puerto Rican story.

"It was great to just go there and see the reception and feel it. We showed the movie and there was tons of fans outside. I was kind of white-knuckled the whole time during the screening.

"I was holding Marc's hand like, `Oh my God, how are they gonna like it?'

"Right at the end of the film, the first person stood up, the second person... and we got a standing ovation at the end of the movie. It was so overwhelming we got tears in our eyes. It was very moving."

 

 

 

 

 

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