The Justice League it opened in theaters in 2017 as the fifth most expensive film in history at the time. It had a budget of 307 million dollars, the highest in a film in the DC universe, and raised more than double (658 million). Ben Affleck earned between $10 million and $20 million of that budget for his role as Batman, compared to $300,000 earned by other leading heroes, such as the actress who plays Wonder Woman, Gal Gadot. However, for Affleck, the filming of that film “was the worst experience” that he has seen “in a business that is full of shitty experiences,” according to what he told in an interview for the specialized media. The Hollywood Reporter on the occasion of the premiere of his new film Air, which deals with the association between Michael Jordan and the sports firm Nike and which will hit theaters on April 5.
The 50-year-old actor says working on the set left a “monstrous taste” in his mouth and led him to abandon his own plans to direct a Batman movie. “It made me say, ‘I’m out. I don’t want to do any of this again. I am not fit, ”he admits. Production was problematic from the start. The initial director, Zack Snyder, had to leave the project after the death of his daughter and he was taken over by Joss Whedon, known for his previous successes in the movies. The Avengers, from the Marvel universe. The result was a chaotic film with very different styles of photography and script. “I could give a seminar on all the reasons why this movie is an example of how not to make a movie. From the production to the bad decisions and the horrible personal tragedy ”, assures the actor that last year he married the also interpreter and singer Jennifer López. “But now it turns out that Zack Snyder’s Justice League it’s my highest rated movie in [el portal de cine] IMDb”, he assures about his next film for the DC universe, four years later and already with the initial director.
Affleck also reveals that the shoot was so uphill for him that he started “drinking too much.” “I was back at the hotel in London and it was either that or jump out the window. I thought: ‘This is not the life I want. My children are not here. I’m a wretch”, confesses the actor, who affirms that he reached a point where he was “creatively unsatisfactory”: “You want to go to work and find something interesting to hold on to, instead of just wearing a rubber suit” .
His former wife, actress Jennifer Garner, with whom he was married for 10 years and with whom he shares three children together, was the one who begged him to seek treatment for his alcoholism, as he admits in the interview. Now, after five years sober, he describes himself as “the unwitting poster boy for alcoholism and actor recovery” after his public struggles with drinking and addiction. In addition, he maintains that his priority today is to participate in less blockbuster films in faraway destinations and more in his family life in Los Angeles, California, with his wife, playing basketball or attending jazz shows. . “These years are too important. If I let them pass, I will regret it for the rest of my life, ”he considers.
Regarding his uncomfortable expression of suffering during the Grammy ceremony, which became one of the most viral memes of the gala, the interpreter of pearl harbor, Armageddon either The unstoppable Will Hunting, explains that she wasn’t really having a bad time on the date, she was just having fun. And he justifies himself by adding that when he saw the Grammy presenter, Trevor Noah, approach Jennifer López and him, he thought of giving all the prominence to his partner, since she is the singer of the relationship and the gala is a musical awards ceremony. . “They were focusing on the shot, but I didn’t know they were filming. I leaned into her and said, ‘As soon as they start broadcasting, I’m going to walk away from you and leave you sitting next to Trevor,’ he confirms. The singer was quick to defend him on social media. “Always the best moment with my love, my husband,” she commented in an Instagram post accompanied by a video of the night in which there is no lack of a brief kiss between the two.
