Ben Affleck has been out there a lot this week promoting his new Netflix film “Animals,” which he both stars in and directs.
That has led to the 54-year-old giving a number of interviews with some refreshingly candid and straightforward remarks about his life and where he’s at.
He’s also touched upon some of his past filmography, such as in a recent interview with Variety where he talked about his time as Batman.
After saying he “really liked” doing “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” and the “Justice League” follow-up “wasn’t that much fun,” he went on to explain how the film’s tone is still something DC is trying to figure out:
“There was a sense of “Oh, the movie was a little bit too dark or scary, and it lost some of the younger audience.” It seems to be an ongoing question, and I don’t know the answer: Do you go all the way to a hard-R rating like “Joker”? Or do it like Marvel, which does something broad, unless you’re talking about “Deadpool & Wolverine”?
The interesting thing with the DC characters [comes down] to the legacy of Frank Miller. There seems to be more tension between “Are we doing the grown-up version or the one that’s open to kids?” There’s a risk of being a feathered fish. It’s something they’re still navigating at DC. But I have to say, Kevin Feige is a kind of genius. I can’t think of any producer in the world who can say, “This is what the audience wants,” and be right, except for him.”
He also cleared up a long standing question in some circles online. There are many shots in David Fincher’s “Gone Girl” that get talked about – the stare at the end, the bloody bedroom scene, and so on.
However, one of the most discussed shots is a fleeting glimpse of the actor’s manhood as he enters the shower in a scene towards the end of the film. For a long time there has been a debate about whether Affleck used a prosthetic for the scene.
Affleck cleared that up: “I wore no prosthesis. I’ve only worn one in one film, ‘Hollywoodland.’ It was a nose.”
“Animals” premieres on Netflix on Friday.
