Ben Affleck

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q483118: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as writer. The films the hosts said they wrote, which the two lists below run through too: Good Will Hunting (1997). Count them as director (5 films), actor (28 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Emily Ratajkowski: 1 line

  1. people (casting suggestion) · them, directly: Ben Affleck ⇒ Emily Ratajkowski (the maker said so: In the commentary). On the commentary Fincher says he did not know how to cast the mistress and Affleck pointed him to a music video.
    “he says, I didn't know how to cast for this part, and Affleck goes like, well, you should watch this music video.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 1:42:31 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (7) everyone in directing

Acting (40) everyone in acting

Other (3) everyone in other

Writing (1) everyone in writing

What was said about them, by kind

career (7)

  1. career (career parallel): Ben Affleck → Keanu Reeves. Both ride comeback cycles every seven years.
    “Okay, he and Keanu Reeves are just these like both like either side of a coin.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 0:28:40 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Ben Affleck → Gigli. Gigli is Affleck's nadir mountain, the anti-classic for an Unwatchables month.
    “That's his Nadir Mountain.”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:10:20 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Chasing Amy → Ben Affleck. Peter North award for the actor who goes all out: Ben Affleck in Chasing Amy.
    “I feel like Ben Affleck and Chasing Amy was a Peter North movie for him.”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:28:30 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Randall Batinkoff → Ben Affleck. Batinkoff was the odds-on favorite to be the biggest star of the Affleck/Damon/O'Donnell/Fraser class and peaked in 1992.
    “Batenkoff was probably like the odds on favorite to be the biggest star of all of them.”
    The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 0:52:46 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. career (career comp): Ben Affleck → Ryan O'Neal. Affleck's 90s image as a star the public mocked is compared to Ryan O'Neal.
    “A little bit of like a Ryan O'Neill thing, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 0:59:42 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  6. career (career contrast): Ben Affleck → Matt Damon. Damon did the serious prestige work while Affleck made the big blockbusters.
    “Damon was doing the serious prestige stuff with serious filmmakers, and Affleck makes the big dumb blockbusters that people like, but they're not taken seriously.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 1:00:01 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  7. career (career): Ben Affleck → Surviving Christmas. Surviving Christmas is where Affleck's downturn and James Gandolfini's trajectory met in the middle.
    “Ben Affleck was on the way down, one of his several down turns.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Trolls: The Experience with Richard Lawson · 0:51:30 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

people (3)

  1. people (casting moment): Triple Frontier → Ben Affleck. Triple Frontier is nominated for casting partly because of what the culture was doing with Ben Affleck then; its best moment is Oscar Isaac in a helicopter set to Metallica.
    “we see Oscar Isaac flying in a helicopter set to Metallica's For Whom the Bell Tolls, and I was like, oh, it's this kind of movie.”
    The Big Picture · Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show · 0:50:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. people (casting suggestion): Ben Affleck → Emily Ratajkowski. On the commentary Fincher says he did not know how to cast the mistress and Affleck pointed him to a music video.
    “he says, I didn't know how to cast for this part, and Affleck goes like, well, you should watch this music video.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 1:42:31 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. people (people): Ben Affleck → Sling Blade. On the Armageddon Criterion commentary Affleck does a Sling Blade voice whenever Billy Bob Thornton is on screen.
    “anytime Billy Bob Thornton is on screen, Ben Affleck starts doing a slingblade voice.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 2:21:17 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Ben Affleck: After his Oscars 'marriage is hard work' speech and a Globes slip, Affleck hosted the SNL finale and brought Jennifer Garner onstage to atone, then overplayed the bit.
    “his whole monologue is him bringing Gardner up on stage and trying to atone for that comment at the Oscars.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 0:54:39 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Ben Affleck: Fincher on why he wanted Affleck: a guy who may have killed his wife, but you'd still grab a cheeseburger with him; also his practiced public smile.
    “Here's this guy who may have killed his wife, but I would also love to grab a cheeseburger with him.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 0:55:13 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Ben Affleck: The story that Affleck shut down production over a Yankees cap is a deadpan joke Fincher tells on the commentary; both men say it happened as a funny episode of the shoot.
    “idea that Ben Affleck actually shut down production of this film over wearing a Yankees hat is a joke that David Fincher says on the commentary.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 1:09:30 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)