The Cast of ‘He’s Just Not That Into You’ Looks Back on the Film’s Love Stories: ‘Something for Everyone’
Discover what the cast of the iconic Millennial film thinks about it 15 years later
We all want to be the exception, not the rule, but He’s Just Not That Into You tells us otherwise. This star-studded cast banded together in 2009 to tell different stories of love to show that if he’s just not that into you, then you deserve better. Catch up with Jennifer Aniston, Ginnifer Goodwin and the rest of the cast to see what they’ve been up to this past decade and a half.
Ginnifer Goodwin
Character Played: Gigi
Born: May 22, 1978, in Memphis, Tennessee
Best Known For: The TV series Big Love (2006-2011) and Once Upon a Time (2011-2018). Also known for the movies Walk the Line (2005) and Zootopia (2016)
Thoughts on He’s Just Not That Into You: “I had to play her. I have been Gigi. I am Gigi. I humiliate myself on a daily basis. I overanalyze, obsess and try hard to make people fit.”
Jennifer Aniston
Character Played: Beth
Born: February 11, 1969, in Sherman Oaks, California
Best Known For: The TV series Friends (1994-2004), as well as the movies The Good Girl (2002), We’re the Millers (2013) and Cake (2014)
Thoughts on He’s Just Not That Into You: “Beth and Neil have been together for seven years and he is very content not being married and doesn’t believe in it or understand why it has to happen. But she wants to be married and starts to sort of feel, like, ‘Wow, am I being duped?’”
Jennifer Connelly
Character Played: Janine
Born: December 12, 1970, in Cairo, New York
Best Known For: The movies Requiem for a Dream (2000), A Beautiful Mind (2001), Hulk (2003) and House of Sand and Fog (2003)
Thoughts on He’s Just Not That Into You: “It’s a collection of different stories that, I think, probably, there’s something for everyone.”
Scarlett Johansson
Character Played: Anna
Born: November 22, 1984, in Manhattan, New York
Best Known For: The movies The Avengers (2012), Under the Skin (2013), Lucy (2014) and Black Widow (2021)
Thoughts on He’s Just Not That Into You: “Relationships are complicated and certainly I think this movie reflects that. There are many different kinds of relationships in this movie. A friendship, or is it a friendship, a marriage or a marriage that’s kind of stale and crumbling or a marriage that needs to happen.”
Bradley Cooper
Character Played: Ben
Born: January 5, 1975, in Abington Township, Pennsylvania
Best Known For: The movies The Hangover (2009), Silver Linings Playbook (2012), American Sniper (2014) and A Star is Born (2018)
Thoughts on He’s Just Not That Into You: “The construction is pretty amazing, how they’ve been able to create all these different archetypes … And you can relate to each one.”
Justin Long
Character Played: Alex
Born: 1978 in Fairfield, Connecticut
Best Known For: The movies Jeepers Creepers (2001), Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004), Accepted (2006) and Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)
Thoughts on He’s Just Not That Into You: “My character is sort of an advice-giver. He’s the kind of guy that is pretty honest, very assertive, speaks his mind. He gets it; he understands women, because he’s been through his share of them, but he’s never given himself over to anybody emotionally.”
Drew Barrymore
Character Played: Mary
Born: February 22, 1975, in Culver City, CA
Best Known For: The movies E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Scream (1996), Charlie’s Angels (2000) and 50 First Dates (2004)
Thoughts on He’s Just Not That Into You: “I related to Mary and her trials and tribulations of trying to find the right guy. And I loved the fact that her friends are all trying to figure it out with her in this modern, sometimes unromantic, confusing, technological approach to romance.”
Ben Affleck
Character Played: Neil
Born: August 15, 1972, in Berkeley, CA
Best Known For: The movies Good Will Hunting (1997), Daredevil (2003), Gone Girl (2014) and The Accountant (2016)
You can stream He’s Just Not That Into You on Amazon Prime.
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