“They made me fix my teeth and work out and be sexy. Be sexy, how do I do that? ‘Go to the gym!’ Running in the gym and putting oil on my body and stuff, and it just turned out to be a long-form version of one of those male topless calendars, in a garage, carrying a tire, kind of greased up. Michael had a vision of a glistening male torso in the oil, and he was like, ‘That’s going to go in the trailer and sell tickets!’ And you know, what can you say? We could have made, I think, 400 ‘Chasing Amys’ for what we made ‘Armageddon’ for.”
Ben Affleck is still pissed he was FORCED to be “sexy” for his role in ‘Armageddon’
by Anonymous | reply 94 | January 15, 2022 10:20 PM |
Oh. That was trying?
by Anonymous | reply 1 | January 11, 2022 10:24 PM |
Jeez, he really needs to stop being interviewed for awhile.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | January 11, 2022 10:24 PM |
Oh, wow, I forgot he used to have rat teeth...but he was still hot.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | January 11, 2022 10:26 PM |
He always has such a sour disposition. It is very unattractive, imo. He seems to be a very unpleasant person to be around, much less to have to live with.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | January 11, 2022 10:34 PM |
I saw that movie once on cable years ago but that terrible love scene with him walking an animal cracker up Liv Tyler stuck with me it was so bad.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | January 11, 2022 10:35 PM |
Gummy rat teeth. He constantly whines. It's the unsexiest personality trait after racism, which is just another form of whining.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | January 11, 2022 10:36 PM |
Anyone who is anyone hasn't been him on their radar for over 20 years.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | January 11, 2022 10:39 PM |
He looked better.
I'm not sure what he's complaining about.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | January 11, 2022 10:40 PM |
Ummmm he was big again from 2010-2014 r7
by Anonymous | reply 9 | January 11, 2022 10:40 PM |
They were right to "fix" him, he became a very well-known movie star. It's nothing different than what other actors of all genders have had to endure for fame. Geesh.
What does he think J. Lo has had to do for her body and image?
by Anonymous | reply 10 | January 11, 2022 10:40 PM |
So he has veneers?
by Anonymous | reply 11 | January 11, 2022 10:44 PM |
No I think they’re his teeth. Rich people can pay to have their teeth moved.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | January 11, 2022 10:46 PM |
There are rumors about him and other actors setting up people in a gambling ring or something wild like that. A nefarious group that lure easy marks into gambling games so they can take them for a large amount of money. Idk if it is true, but it sounds very shady.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | January 11, 2022 11:00 PM |
Does he really think his pre Armageddon looks would have gotten him JLo?
by Anonymous | reply 14 | January 11, 2022 11:02 PM |
R13 yes, years ago but he no longer does. Him, Tobey Maguire and others.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | January 11, 2022 11:02 PM |
[quote] Ummmm he was big again from 2010-2014
Fat?
by Anonymous | reply 16 | January 11, 2022 11:03 PM |
I haven't paid any attention to them at all so idk if he and Jho are still in a pretend we are still in our 30's relationship. Did the media stop paying attention too?
by Anonymous | reply 17 | January 11, 2022 11:07 PM |
He's fun after a few drinks.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | January 11, 2022 11:10 PM |
His career has been a gift. He should be Ben Affleck, the forklift driver.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | January 11, 2022 11:12 PM |
R5 that scene was such a famous scene.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | January 11, 2022 11:13 PM |
R19- Instead of gratitude he acts as if a heavy burden has been unfairly put upon him. And yet he stays when he could leave the business and live a quiet, private life. Entitled ass.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | January 11, 2022 11:17 PM |
[quote]Gummy rat teeth. He constantly whines. It's the unsexiest personality trait after racism, which is just another form of whining.
Well, he did get that episode from [italic]Finding Your Roots [/italic] about his slave-owning ancestors quashed, so there's that.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | January 11, 2022 11:19 PM |
R22- Omg! I had forgotten that! Thanks for the laugh!
by Anonymous | reply 23 | January 11, 2022 11:20 PM |
I wish he would release a greased up topless calendar.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | January 11, 2022 11:22 PM |
So long as we don't have to see his bottom parts. What with his flat ass and pencil-like legs...
by Anonymous | reply 25 | January 11, 2022 11:32 PM |
This is what you get when you have an innumerable number of half ass media media sites like Uproxx or HelloGiggles etc. They're only capable of producing prodigious who-the-fuck-cares articles.
OR
You the incredibly pretentious sites like The Hollywood Reporter or Entertainment Weekly with their laughably serious "roundtable" series as though they're "Meet The Press" or something. Like in the link below, the dolt from EW talks about watching "Once Upon a Time..." and how it "profoundly affected him" and he got choked up when hew drove around Los Angeles thinking about the movie. For fuck sakes, it's a movie! The way the interviewer simps for the people he's interviewing is awful!
by Anonymous | reply 27 | January 11, 2022 11:44 PM |
R27 cool.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | January 11, 2022 11:45 PM |
[quote] What with his flat ass and pencil-like legs...
Or nonexistent bosom.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | January 11, 2022 11:46 PM |
If he feels like his beautiful new teeth are such a burden, he can always pull a Johnny Depp and just let 'em rot out. Will he whine then, too?
by Anonymous | reply 30 | January 12, 2022 2:32 AM |
He should be more embarrassed about Pearl Harbor.
by Anonymous | reply 31 | January 12, 2022 3:21 AM |
R11 He's very lucky then, because there are very few Veneers in thw world and they are very valuable.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | January 12, 2022 3:49 AM |
He needs to be gagged
by Anonymous | reply 33 | January 12, 2022 3:59 AM |
Michael Bay may be an asshole but he needed a heartthrob and pre-Armageddon Affleck wasn't going to cut it. This was post-Titanic.
Plus, we all know Affleck wanted to be a star so this bitching and complaining is a turn-off.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | January 12, 2022 4:01 AM |
We don’t need to know everything, Ben. For someone that sure hate the press. He sure uses it a lot. Why is he on Daily Mail every damn day?
by Anonymous | reply 35 | January 12, 2022 4:06 AM |
"Chasing Amy" was a shitty film, too, Ben.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | January 12, 2022 4:10 AM |
[quote]He needs to be gagged
With Matt's cock.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | January 12, 2022 4:58 AM |
[quote]No I think they’re his teeth. Rich people can pay to have their teeth moved.
That ain't how it works in Hollywood.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | January 12, 2022 5:23 AM |
He left out the hair plugs.
It's like how Norma Jean became Marilyn the Stah!
by Anonymous | reply 39 | January 12, 2022 5:32 AM |
He really needs to shut up, everything he's saying lately is just making him look like an even bigger douchebag than I thought he was.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | January 12, 2022 9:38 AM |
400 Chasing Amys. How terrifying.
by Anonymous | reply 41 | January 12, 2022 10:28 AM |
"400 Chasing Amys" seems like a direct threat to me.
by Anonymous | reply 42 | January 12, 2022 10:36 AM |
Why R42? Is your name Amy?
Revival of Cats, now that's a direct threat to everyone!
by Anonymous | reply 43 | January 12, 2022 10:42 AM |
Ben Affleck was the biggest famewhore on the planet the year Armageddon came out. This was his GQ cover:
by Anonymous | reply 44 | January 12, 2022 10:48 AM |
Actors whining about having to work out with personal trainers while their personal chefs curate their meals is annoying.
by Anonymous | reply 45 | January 12, 2022 10:51 AM |
Never forget that it was shooting Ben Affleck which directly led to Herb Ritts’s death.
by Anonymous | reply 46 | January 12, 2022 10:53 AM |
If he doesn't want to look "sexy" he can always get fat. Not fat like he was a couple years ago, but Brando-late-in-life fat. Shamu fat. Go for it, Ben! Show everyone how much you just don't care, you rebel, you!
by Anonymous | reply 47 | January 12, 2022 11:12 AM |
Yeah...what exactly was sexy about watching him put animal crackers in Liv Tyler's vagina or this shitshow of a scene ⬇️
by Anonymous | reply 48 | January 12, 2022 12:29 PM |
OP- He should only complain about the roles when this QUEEN was forced to be STRAIGHT.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | January 12, 2022 12:41 PM |
LOL - what a burden that must have been for you, Ben. He reminds me of those lazy straight guys who sit on the couch drinking every night and the wife has to FORCE him to look presentable when attending special events like weddings and funerals. And it's always a battle for them.
Most of us make an effort not to look like shit when we go to our jobs, and i'm talking jobs that don't require being shown on a giant screen to the public. He needs to grow up.
by Anonymous | reply 50 | January 12, 2022 12:46 PM |
He is the whiniest actor on earth.
by Anonymous | reply 51 | January 12, 2022 12:48 PM |
Wow, both Ben and Matt have sabotaged their own careers.
by Anonymous | reply 52 | January 12, 2022 12:50 PM |
Ben and Matt have both proven themselves to be enormous Massholes.
by Anonymous | reply 53 | January 12, 2022 12:53 PM |
Don’t like your job? It’s a burden being treated special? QUIT. Stop giving fucking interviews. Perhaps he has brain damage from all the liquor and drugs.
by Anonymous | reply 54 | January 12, 2022 12:53 PM |
R53- That's why they're the perfect GAY couple
by Anonymous | reply 55 | January 12, 2022 12:56 PM |
It's amazing that someone as messily unsober as him has never been pictured with his wiglet askew
by Anonymous | reply 56 | January 12, 2022 1:13 PM |
I wonder if DLers ever think before posting. He was on the cover of many magazines to promote Armageddon because it was in his contract to do so. He did many interviews to promote the film because that is part of his contract.
Many of you seem to talk without knowing how the system in Hollywood works
by Anonymous | reply 57 | January 12, 2022 2:51 PM |
R57 hahahahahahahahahaha yeah, okay.
by Anonymous | reply 58 | January 12, 2022 2:55 PM |
Congrats to 2022 SAG Award nominee Ben Affleck.
by Anonymous | reply 59 | January 12, 2022 2:58 PM |
R58 you don’t know that they’re contracted to promote the big studio films they’re in?
by Anonymous | reply 60 | January 12, 2022 3:06 PM |
I heard he stinks
by Anonymous | reply 61 | January 12, 2022 3:08 PM |
[quote]400 Chasing Amys
They've already written the soundtrack.
by Anonymous | reply 62 | January 12, 2022 3:15 PM |
He is such an average looking guy. Not sure what the physical attraction is.
by Anonymous | reply 63 | January 12, 2022 3:30 PM |
Seriously, he needs to shut up for a while.
For his own good.
by Anonymous | reply 64 | January 12, 2022 3:39 PM |
And ours r64.
by Anonymous | reply 65 | January 12, 2022 6:37 PM |
R4 is Jennifer Garner
by Anonymous | reply 66 | January 12, 2022 6:42 PM |
R4 I think someone should set him up with Paulina Porizkova. They seem like they have a lot in common. She's only a few years older than JLo.
by Anonymous | reply 67 | January 12, 2022 7:27 PM |
Does he really think the world was just waiting for him to be a Serious Actor?
by Anonymous | reply 68 | January 12, 2022 9:02 PM |
[quote]Ben Affleck is still pissed he was FORCED to be “sexy” for his role in ‘Armageddon’
For the love of God...
Can Hollywood and Jennifer Garner please stop making this man's life a living hell?
by Anonymous | reply 69 | January 13, 2022 1:34 AM |
I can see why he’s with J Lo now. They are both narcissistic assholes.
by Anonymous | reply 70 | January 13, 2022 2:21 AM |
Sorry, but how can he not understand the industry he's in?
by Anonymous | reply 71 | January 13, 2022 2:26 AM |
I keep wanting to root for him—I love a self destructive mess! But then he opens his mouth. He need to stop giving interviews—STAT!
by Anonymous | reply 72 | January 13, 2022 2:26 AM |
Why can't he and Damon just STFU?
by Anonymous | reply 73 | January 13, 2022 2:46 AM |
^ maybe his face buried in Matt's ass while Matt's face is buried in the pillow would shut them both up.
by Anonymous | reply 74 | January 13, 2022 6:49 AM |
Oh, boo hoo. He cashed the check, didn’t he?
by Anonymous | reply 75 | January 13, 2022 7:15 AM |
I’d love for someone to force me to be sexy everyday.
by Anonymous | reply 76 | January 13, 2022 7:15 AM |
It must be so burdensome, to be blessed with good looks and Hollywood connections. Such a cross to bear. getting leading roles in box office blockbusters and being on the cover of magazines. Ben has truly had a difficult life.
by Anonymous | reply 77 | January 14, 2022 10:52 AM |
This latest trend of performers rehashing past grievances in the guise of "opening up" or "relating" to current social issues is beyond annoying.
by Anonymous | reply 78 | January 14, 2022 11:16 AM |
I despise him and Matt so much. They are the first celebrities who made me realize that it’s all just a machine. The entertainment industry, I mean. I’ve come to dislike so many people in showbiz. I’m guessing that social media has played a role in this. It’s so easy to use it to find dirt on people. Plus, they sometimes make tone deaf comments as well and they get caught and called out on it. Something happens to entertainers when they make it. In some ways, it was better before the internet. Folks still had a mystery about them. So much easier to embellish and hide things simultaneously.
by Anonymous | reply 79 | January 14, 2022 12:37 PM |
I feel like this needs to be shown to every actor in Hollywood at least every couple of weeks.
by Anonymous | reply 80 | January 14, 2022 1:58 PM |
But, this does explain Mark Wahlberg's industry appeal- an American rough trade type who doesn't bitch and moan.
by Anonymous | reply 81 | January 15, 2022 12:07 PM |
Is this a humble brag? Not a good look.
Every half decent-looking actor/actress fixes their teeth and gets the buff bod. Affleck could’ve passed and gone back to being a stevedore or whatever “mythical” life he lived before he got lucky in Hollywood. He wouldn’t have been missed.
by Anonymous | reply 82 | January 15, 2022 12:21 PM |
Did/does he think he was instead hired for his great acting?...
he hit the lucky jackpot because GOD KNOWS that there are countless actors out there way better looking, way better bodies and way better actors!..
by Anonymous | reply 83 | January 15, 2022 12:27 PM |
R83 but do they have that “it” that makes a movie star? There is a difference between an actor and a movie star.
by Anonymous | reply 84 | January 15, 2022 12:29 PM |
I can't stand this QUEEN - he's DUMB too.
He's been a guest on Bill Mahr's show and he couldn't keep up with the conversation. It was above his head. I did not know before seeming him on Bill Mahr's show how DUMB he was.
by Anonymous | reply 85 | January 15, 2022 12:54 PM |
R84.. well surely some of them DO have the "it" factor if they were only given a chance, which 99% never do get for whatever and various reasons...
by Anonymous | reply 86 | January 15, 2022 1:13 PM |
R84- Obviously John Travolta had IT in the late 1970's with Saturday Night Fever and six months later he had another hit with Grease and Urban Cowboy in 1980 but after those his IT factor disappeared.
by Anonymous | reply 87 | January 15, 2022 1:16 PM |
R87 ummmm that’s not how it works. Having flops doesn’t mean you don’t have that “IT” factor.
by Anonymous | reply 88 | January 15, 2022 1:30 PM |
One of those guys who is good looking but I’ve never found him remotely attractive. Maybe it’s his personality?
by Anonymous | reply 89 | January 15, 2022 1:35 PM |
Well being good looking doesn’t mean you’re attractive sexually.
by Anonymous | reply 90 | January 15, 2022 1:37 PM |
R90- A perfect example of this would be Christopher Reeves- he was good looking ca. 1980 but had NO sex appeal.
by Anonymous | reply 91 | January 15, 2022 1:38 PM |
He’s a very good looking guy. But Casey is or at least was cuter.
by Anonymous | reply 92 | January 15, 2022 1:58 PM |
Affleck in my little ole opinion is the DEFINITION of "generic".... EVERYONE on this board knows darn well that their are countless frat boy looking types in the u.s. alone with that similar look much less guys who are literally drop dead beautiful...
Does Affleck have great eyes? nope? Does he have great anything in regards to facial features? I don't think if I passed him on the street and he was john doe, I would give him even a second glance much less more...
I will admit he looked good in the Batman suit, but who wouldn't?
by Anonymous | reply 93 | January 15, 2022 2:08 PM |
Here's Michael Jackson to cheer Ben Affleck and his rat teeth up!
by Anonymous | reply 94 | January 15, 2022 10:20 PM |