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| Justin theroux bad boy |
Known for her Girl-Next-Door cuteness, ever since Rachel Green and "Friends", Jen started giving the press and film reviewers statements about exploring her wildest sexual fantasies. It was fun she said to have a film role as a kinky dentist, she said. She posed for publicity photos wearing a tight, short black leather dress. In one interview, she even used the F word.
Heavens! Jennifer Aniston doesn't wear black leather and she certainly doesn't use the F word!
But something has changed in Jennifer's life - she's in what is being presented as a serious relationship with Justin Theroux. Theroux, 39, has been struggling for a long time to make it as a screen writer or actor and in recent years he's had success after writing the screenplay for Tropic Thunder and Iron Man 2. Justin has built an image as a bit of a bad boy with his dark looks, shades, leather jackets and Doc Marten boots.
And Jen is on record as having a preference for dating "bad boys." Certainly, ex-husband Brad Pitt had a bad boy image at the start of his career, playing the irresistibly handsome thief and seducer in "Thelma and Louise." Later in his career, playing opposite Ed Norton in "Fight Club" Pitt was the incarnation of a bad boy - tough, brutal and shockingly seductive. One of Aniston's ex-lovers, Brian Bouma, told Radaronline that his relationship with Aniston failed precisely because he wasn't a bad boy. "She just wasn't that into me" he said. "She told me that I was too 'Mr. Pure.' Jen he added "prefers bad boys."
So what does the bad boy preference mean for Jennifer's relationship with Theroux? Probably that she's really into him. But a successful relationship takes two and so here's the question. Is Theroux really that into Aniston?
A guy with a bad boy image rarely wants a girl-next-door for a girlfriend or a wife. (Think Sandra Bullock-Jesse James.) That may explain why Aniston has been trying to convince the press that she's not really - you know - Rachel Green. She's been trying to swap her cute image for a raunchy one. But that's a bit like Madonna trying to act like a virgin... Aniston is a girl next door type - kooky not kinky, cute not raunchy.
Theroux is hungry for fame and success. For the moment, his relationship with Aniston can only help him achieve both. Is he genuinely in love with her? Hard to say, but his expression in most of the photographs where he's with her is not the expression of a man in love. He often looks uncomfortable or just plain unexcited. In contrast, Jen tends to be grinning and looking elated.
Many commentators have made the point that Jennifer Aniston turns up with a new boyfriend every time she has a film to promote. The press and public got a bit tired with the showmances and fauxmances. The relationship with Theroux feels different though. Sure she's an actress, but she seems genuinely infatuated with Justin.
The problem is that bad boys rarely stay with cute girls for any length of time. True, Justin was in a long-term relationship when he met Jen, so he's capable of commitment. Except that...he ditched his live-in-lover of 14 years as soon as he had the chance to date Jen.
Is he genuinely keen on her? Or is the relationship a career move? It would certainly be ironic if Aniston finds herself on the other side of a shomance with Theroux.
What is certain is that Jen can't successfully distort her true nature to suit her boyfriend's image and character. She is cute and she's not raunchy. If Theroux likes her as she is, the relationship stands a chance. But if she feels under pressure to change her character and act like a Bad Girl - it probably isn't a good sign about their relationship compatibility.
