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Jennifer Aniston Welcoming Olivia Wilde Into Her Inner Circle: ‘Very Exclusive Club to Get to Join’
Olivia Wilde has scored a huge win getting Jennifer Aniston on board for her next movie — and a source tells the National Enquirer she’s being quietly welcomed into her social circle, too.
“Jen and Olivia’s movie Naughty has come together at a record pace and will film this winter,” the source says of the holiday comedy. “It’s one of the quickest movie green-lights Jen has ever experienced, and that all comes down to the heat Olivia is enjoying as a filmmaker due to her hit, The Invite.”
Directed and starring Wilde, the indie dinner party comedy has made $40 million worldwide, per Variety.
“It’s huge for Jen to get invited onto a project like this, where she isn’t one of the main producers or backers, and it allows Jen to focus strictly on her performance and being a true movie star,” continues the source. “That alone has won Olivia a lifetime membership in Team Aniston, with all the Cabo trips and Sunday night dinners in Bel-Air that she can handle.”
Notable members of Aniston’s inner circle include Courteney Cox, Sandra Bullock, Jimmy Kimmel, Molly McNearney, Will Arnett, Justin Bateman, Amanda Anka and Sean Hayes.
“Olivia is ambitious and she’s from a well-off family,” the source notes. “But this is still a very exclusive club to get to join, and they don’t welcome in outsiders very often. This all feels like the start of something very big, especially if Olivia can deliver a bona-fide hit for Jen in movie theaters.”
In July, it was announced that Aniston’s Apple TV series The Morning Show will be ending.
“Having Olivia at the helm — and around the fire pit for one of Jen’s famous dinner parties — is exactly the shot in the arm Jen needed now that she’s getting ready to say goodbye,” adds the source.
