[NEWS] Jennifer Aniston & Julia Roberts Step Out at 'Mother's Day' Premiere: "It's a Family Affair on Set"

article by: Jodi Guglielmi

PEOPLE magazine
"Turns out, even celebrities get starstruck at times. It seems the feeling of admiration was mutual among the rest of the cast. Jennifer and Julia both opened up about the closeness they felt on set.

"She's just incredible," Aniston told reporters. "All she wants is for you to be happy. It's a family set, it's a family affair. Everyone is just having a good time.!"

Jennifer at the 'Mother's Day' world premiere in Hollywood, CA

Jennifer plays Sandy a newly divorced - now single mother - of two young boys. Her ex-husband Henry, played by actor Timothy Olyphant, is now in a relationship with a much younger woman - enter actress Shay Mitchell's character Tina, who wants nothing more than to be a great step-mother to Sandy and Henry's two boys.

Roberts as Miranda and Aniston as Sandy on set of 'Mother's Day'

As for Roberts - who undergoes quite a transformation in the film with a chic, crimson bob - the actress says:

"There wasn't much fuss hat went into my sleek new 'do. I heard a lot about my look in the movie," Roberts said at the premiere's red carpet. "There's a lot of interpretation about my look. I wish you could've put that much though into it. It was kind of, like, quick put it together."

Julia Roberts at the 'Mother's Day' world premiere in Hollywood, CA

Robert's plays Miranda a high-powered, career driven, author and talkshow hostess who learns she has a daughter enter actress Britt Robertson as Kristin, the daughter whom she gave up for adoption years ago. The pair reconnect over the course of the film.

'Mother's Day', which features various story lines organized around the holiday (much like director Gary Marshall's other movies 'Valentine's Day' and 'New Year's Eve'), also stars actress Kate Hudson and actor/comedian Jason Sudeikis. Hudson plays Jesse a woman who has become estranged from her mother, and hates the holiday, but manages to reconnect. Sudeikis plays Bradley, a real-life Mr. Mom to two girls - one of whom is a teenager dealing with typically teenaged problems. 'Mother's Day' is in theaters April 29."