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Ben Affleck in Details
EDIT: I was contacted by someone representing the magazine asking me to not post the whole article, just a synopsis and/or quotes. If you want to read the whole article, follow the link at the bottom.
The unflappable star just poured his heart and soul into directing a high-risk movie. But he doesn’t want you to know that.
Ben Affleck says he wanted to direct Gone Baby Gone because the film was set in a grimy neighborhood in blue-collar South Boston—his vestigial homeland.
A cynic might speculate that Ben Affleck wanted to direct Gone Baby Gone because he was trying to save a career that’s been foundering for almost a decade. That cynic would be pretty much right. .... Truth is, a fair encapsulation of Affleck’s current standing in the eyes of many moviegoers lies on the shelf at your local video store: A movie called Man About Town. A movie that went straight to video in February.
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As for casting his brother, Casey, Affleck refuses to even acknowledge the nepotism factor: “He was the obvious choice by far. I think he’s a really good actor, but he also had the benefit of people not being as aware of him. Other actors, you have this expectation of what they’ll do. But Casey? He could surprise you.”
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“It was probably bad for my career,” he says, unlatching the timepiece, pulling it over his hand, and gripping it between his fingers. He’s talking about the Bennifer years (2002–2004).
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“What happens is this sort of bleed-over from the tabloids across your movie work. You go to a movie, you only go once. But the tabloids and Internet are everywhere. You can really subsume the public image of somebody. I ended up in an unfortunate crosshair position where I was in a relationship and [the media] mostly lied and inflated a bunch of salacious stuff for the sake of selling magazines. And I paid a certain price for that. Then, in concert with some movies that didn’t work . . .”
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By his own design, you won’t see Ben Affleck’s name all over the promotional push for Gone Baby Gone. If you see the trailer, in fact, you’ll notice that it’s nowhere to be found. He won’t allow the word Affleck to be used as a marketing hook unless it refers to Casey. This isn’t because he’s not proud of the work.
SOURCE
EDIT: I was contacted by someone representing the magazine asking me to not post the whole article, just a synopsis and/or quotes. If you want to read the whole article, follow the link at the bottom.
The unflappable star just poured his heart and soul into directing a high-risk movie. But he doesn’t want you to know that.
Ben Affleck says he wanted to direct Gone Baby Gone because the film was set in a grimy neighborhood in blue-collar South Boston—his vestigial homeland.
A cynic might speculate that Ben Affleck wanted to direct Gone Baby Gone because he was trying to save a career that’s been foundering for almost a decade. That cynic would be pretty much right. .... Truth is, a fair encapsulation of Affleck’s current standing in the eyes of many moviegoers lies on the shelf at your local video store: A movie called Man About Town. A movie that went straight to video in February.
.....
As for casting his brother, Casey, Affleck refuses to even acknowledge the nepotism factor: “He was the obvious choice by far. I think he’s a really good actor, but he also had the benefit of people not being as aware of him. Other actors, you have this expectation of what they’ll do. But Casey? He could surprise you.”
.....
“It was probably bad for my career,” he says, unlatching the timepiece, pulling it over his hand, and gripping it between his fingers. He’s talking about the Bennifer years (2002–2004).
.....
“What happens is this sort of bleed-over from the tabloids across your movie work. You go to a movie, you only go once. But the tabloids and Internet are everywhere. You can really subsume the public image of somebody. I ended up in an unfortunate crosshair position where I was in a relationship and [the media] mostly lied and inflated a bunch of salacious stuff for the sake of selling magazines. And I paid a certain price for that. Then, in concert with some movies that didn’t work . . .”
.....
By his own design, you won’t see Ben Affleck’s name all over the promotional push for Gone Baby Gone. If you see the trailer, in fact, you’ll notice that it’s nowhere to be found. He won’t allow the word Affleck to be used as a marketing hook unless it refers to Casey. This isn’t because he’s not proud of the work.
SOURCE
