Ben Affleck says Tom Cruise “has nothing on me” on the subject of stunts — properly, that’s, should you depend line dancing as a stunt.
Whereas chatting with the gang at SXSW on Saturday, March 8, Affleck revealed he spent “months and months” studying to line dance for The Accountant 2. “It was a stunt for me,” he joked. “Tom Cruise has nothing on me… by way of line dancing.”
Affleck and the film’s director Gavin O’Connor additionally revealed {that a} nude scene — that inevitably additionally concerned line dancing — was in the end reduce from the film. “There was a nude scene however we reduce it. He practiced line dancing in entrance of the mirror,” O’Connor stated earlier than Affleck interjected, “It was a selection! I appreciated it!”
Affleck’s costar Jon Bernthal, additionally a part of the panel, praised the actor’s work – line dancing and all.
“Ben’s a hero of mine. I like him a lot, as a result of he’s equal elements stunning individual as he’s a phenomenal artist,” he stated. “Making films for me is normally knocking my head right into a wall; I’m type of hating myself. However this was very straightforward. It was very straightforward to work with him.”
Along with his dancing abilities, the actor has made headlines for his private life. On March 5, a supply near Affleck and his ex-wife Jennifer Garner informed Us solely that the pair, who divorced in 2015, should not rekindling their romance regardless of a number of images of the pair showing shut and comfortable.
The supply described the rumors surrounding the exes as “ridiculous.” A second insider famous that Garner has been courting John Miller since 2018. “The whole lot is ok with John and Jen,” the insider informed Us. “These near them haven’t heard of any points.”
The place Affleck and Garner shine is as coparents of their three youngsters: Violet, 19, Seraphina, 16, and Samuel, 13. In August 2024, a separate insider informed Us, “Ben and Jennifer are associates, they usually have an excellent coparenting relationship” and the pair have a “mutual understanding that their youngsters come first.”
“There’s a deep degree of belief and respect between them,” the supply defined on the time, including that Affleck and Garner’s previous has helped him by his personal ups and downs with ex-wife Jenifer Lopez.
In terms of his youngsters, Affleck has at all times proven they’re the people who find themselves crucial to him. He and his son Samuel have been just lately out at a sneaker conference on March 3, when Affleck skilled a really relatable parenting second. Samuel noticed a pair of sneakers he appreciated — solely to seek out out they value between $6,000 and $8,000.
“That’s lots of lawns you gotta’ mow there!” Affleck commented earlier than he added, “You want these ‘trigger they’re costly.”
