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Justin Theroux<\/b><\/a> has landed a buzzy central role in this year\u2019s highly anticipated nostalgic sequel <\/span>Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, <\/span><\/i>which is <\/span>produced by <\/span>Brad Pitt<\/b>\u2019s production company<\/span><\/a>. The casting news comes as <\/span>Jennifer Aniston<\/b><\/a> and her friends roll their eyes about how shamelessly he continues to milk her industry contacts, a source exclusively tells Life & Style.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cJustin is trying to revive his feature film acting career after a few years out of the game and he needed this part badly \u2013 it\u2019s a juicy role and he\u2019s a big part of the movie. Plus the movie has real buzz!\u201d a source close to the situation tells Life & Style. \u201cEverybody can relate to Justin\u2019s desperation to be in something like this, especially Jen. But come on, what\u2019s really going on here?\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n The insider claims that Jennifer, 55, her team and friends<\/a> are \u201cconstantly chattering\u201d about how Justin, 52, is \u201cthe eternal opportunist who doesn\u2019t take optics into account when he picks a role where he\u2019s surrounded by people who used to be in Jen\u2019s life but aren\u2019t anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s insensitive and it looks bad! Jen is embarrassed for him, and there\u2019s clearly a better way to handle it,\u201d the source continues. \u201cJen is pretty done with Justin in this regard, and she\u2019s never liked people who will do anything to make it without thinking about the bigger picture<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n The insider adds that \u201cthe tenuous friendship\u201d Jennifer and Justin maintained following their split is likely over \u201cbecause he looks so insensitive for making this movie.\u201d After all, the film is being produced by Plan B, which Jennifer used to be a partner in, and costars Winona Ryder<\/strong>, whom Jennifer previously kissed during an episode of Friends<\/em><\/a> over 20 years ago.<\/p>\n \u201cIt looks bad and weird. Jen knows it, and it didn\u2019t have to be this way!\u201d the source concludes about Justin\u2019s casting in the movies, which will be released on September 6.<\/p>\n The former couple were married from 2015 until 2017, though seemingly maintained a friendship after they called it quits. Justin even shared insight into their split<\/span><\/a> while speaking to <\/span>New York Times<\/span><\/i><\/a> in 2018.<\/p>\n \u201cThe good news is that was probably the most\u2014I\u2019m choosing my words really carefully\u2014it was kind of the most gentle separation, in that there was no animosity,\u201d he said at the time.<\/p>\n The Leftovers<\/em> actor then called the breakup \u201cheartbreaking,\u201d acknowledging that their \u201cfriendship would not be the same.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cBut the friendship is shifting and changing, you know, so that part is something that we\u2019re both very proud of,\u201d Justin continued.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n