United Kingdom, Jan. 28 -- Jennifer Lopez has missed out on "a lot of things" in her career.

The 55-year-old superstar has managed to become one of the best-selling artists in music history and has also starred in a string of Hollywood movies but admitted there were some roles she had "hoped" for that just didn't come her way.

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter about her new musical 'Kiss of the Spider Woman', she recalled: "I remember auditioning for 'Evita', I remember auditioning for 'Chicago' and for 'Nine' - getting very close on 'Nine'.

"There were a lot of things that I had always hoped that I could do and just wasn't the right time. But this is the right thing."

Madonna was eventually cast in the leading role of 'Evita' in 199...