'Second Act' director Peter Segal on abandoning his “male-dominated roots" to venture into "the land of chick-flicks"
Peter Segal has the admittedly glamorous task of directing Jennifer Lopez’s comeback film ‘Second Act’ and one would assume it to be an anxiety-inducing responsibility. Segal, however, is excited at the prospect more than anything else, calling ‘Second Act’ the right kind of film for him, based on its concept and, of course, star power. He said these are the two parameters he employs for every project he takes on, and JLo’s comeback was no exception.
“I loved what the story had to say about second chances and second acts and people's career, and I felt that Jennifer Lopez in that kind of story would be a movie that I would definitely go see myself,” Segal told Meaww. The concept, he claimed, took him back to Melanie Griffith’s character in ‘Working Girl,’ a movie directed by one of his personal idols, Mike Nichols. “To step into their shadow with this kind of a story seems rare in today's climate and so it felt like the perfect opportunity,” Segal said.
