Justin Lengthy Describes How Britney Spears Was Doing When They Co-Starred In Crossroads!

It’s been 20 years since Britney Spears’ film Crossroads got here out and star Justin Lengthy is reflecting on what it was prefer to work with the star in her heyday!

Whereas chatting with Leisure Tonight at an occasion for his upcoming movie, Barbarian, this week, Justin opened up about how “easygoing” and “regular” the pop star was again within the day — and the way her character compares to immediately.

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The performers starred in Crossroads collectively in 2002. The movie adopted three women, Lucy, Equipment, and Mimi — performed by Britney, Taryn Manning, and Zoe Saldana, respectively — as they launched into a cross-country street journey to LA. Justin performed Lucy’s previous buddy and quick fling, Henry.

Ahh, the nostalgia!

You can even try certainly one of their scenes (under)!

LOLz! They go manner again, so what does Justin should say about Britney then vs. now?!

Reflecting on the time spent filming the romantic dramedy, the F is Household alum gushed about probably the most vital a part of the singer’s character he shortly picked up on, saying:

“I keep in mind her being so down-to-earth, like disarmingly down-to-earth.”

This was on the peak of the Oops… I Did It Once more vocalist’s profession, too, so the truth that she was so down-to-earth is kind of telling! No diva conduct right here! The 44-year-old insisted Britney was a “regular” woman regardless of the intense highlight she was below — and even blamed the paparazzi for affecting her psychological well being and inflicting her downfall, including:

“I keep in mind being struck by how regular and easygoing she appeared for all of the hoopla surrounding her, after which a pair years later seeing what the paparazzi did to her, it was actually unhappy that we reside in that form of tradition that may do this to a human being. She was so good to everybody.”

It’s so unhappy. It should have been onerous to see a co-star undergo the whole lot from a distance…

Apparently, this isn’t the primary time Justin has gotten candid about his expertise with the Princess of Pop. Again in 2020, he wrote a prolonged Instagram submit filled with “reminiscences” from the set of the flick, focusing primarily on the mother of two’s kindness in direction of him and others on set, together with after they first met:

“I keep in mind being barely nervous to work with Britney Spears – she was such an enormous star in 2002 (as she nonetheless is). When she launched herself to me within the make-up trailer, I used to be disarmed by how candy and NOT well-known she appeared – only a good woman (not but a lady) from Louisiana. She instantly made me really feel comfy.”

Aw, so candy!

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Sadly, Justin additionally had a front-row seat to Brit’s wrestle with the media. Throughout their time collectively, he grew to know her so properly he seen bodily and character variations the now-40-year-old would exhibit when her setting modified, noting:

“Britney appeared to get exponentially extra tense (completely understandably) every time we walked off set together with her bodyguard ‘Huge one thing’ (my reminiscence is so unhealthy however I keep in mind actually liking him – an enormous, heat, pleasant, terrifying man). Individuals would clamor to get to her and paparazzi had been always lurking behind bushes, in bushes, and so on.”

Ugh. No person deserves such an absence of privateness, particularly a 19 or 20-year-old (the age the famous person was when filming). The New Woman alum saved tabs on the Grammy winner through the years, discovering it notably painful to look at as she battled with paps and was placed into a conservatorship at her lowest of lows in 2008, including:

“Years later, when the tabloid frenzy surrounding Britney reached a fever pitch, I keep in mind feeling so sorry for her. No person deserves to be hounded and harassed like that – least of all a really candy individual – one who behaved kindly in direction of a younger nervous actor who occupied a a lot decrease rung on the hierarchical ladder of that movie set.”

Appears like she actually left a optimistic impression! Unhappy wanting again figuring out how robust issues have gotten for her! Ideas?

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