Jennifer Garner turns down "Dallas" to avoid Jennifer Lopez

There’s only room for one Jennifer on the set of the movie version of the hit ‘80s TV show, Dallas. Jennifer Garner was said to be in the offered the role of Pamela Ewing in the film, but she turned down the role when she learned that her husband, Ben Affleck’s ex-fiancée Jennifer Lopez would be her co-star.

Lopez is attached to play Sue-Ellen in the movie, with John Travolta as her husband, J.R. Had she taken the part, Garner would have been Lopez’s sister-in-law, having married her husband’s brother. No doubt, the set would have been quite tense, as Garner got from Affleck what Lopez never could: marriage and a baby.

A source told British newspaper, the Daily Mail, "Jennifer Garner was really keen to be in 'Dallas,' but I think she felt there would be a bit of a strain between them on the set and that could have led to awkward situations. Both are totally professional, but there might have been a certain 'atmosphere,' and Jennifer Garner didn't need to go there."