The film celebrates its 24th anniversary on March 14.
Published February 26th
The 1997 film
Loves Jones is one of the most beloved films in the history of Black cinema. The romantic drama was set in Chicago and followed the story of Nina Mosley (Nia Long) and Darius Lovehall (Larenz Tate). The cult classic captured a generation of twenty-something African-Americans all wanting a romance like Nina and Darius. Now we are finding out the chemistry between Larenz Tate and Nia Long was sizzling off-camera.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Tate revealed the energy between the two began at the screen test, Immediately, we just kind of had a nice little spark and a connection and it just felt natural. I didn t feel any pressure going into the room [for the screen test], I don t think she felt any pressure. Once we began to do our scene, I think they saw immediately that we were the right pair.