- Who’s in the news AGAIN!?!? Why, Ben, of course. He’s getting the most press out of the gang Askew by far lately. We remember when this guy was playing a bit part in ‘Rats just a few years ago, and look at him now! Anyway, here’s some more press on the good guy:
(From the July/August 1998 CINESCAPE)
Rushes: Why You Should Watch: Ben Affleck
Five reasons why we want to be with Ben Affleck for the end of the world:
1) He doesn’t hide his emotions. The first day of filming the Oscar-winning Good Will Hunting , Affleck and his best buddy, Matt Damon, took one long look at the set. The duo-who wrote the screenplay together-has struggled for years to get the film made. When they saw Robin Williams preparing for his first scene, the duo burst into tears. “We had so many false starts that you don’t ever think your dream will come true, ” he says.
2) He has a sense of humor. “I don’t know what you’re talking about. Matt was crying,” Affleck says.
3) He’s a good friend. He met Damon when they were in second grade and the worst fight they’ve had to date was…he can’t remember. “I think I lobbed a snowball at him really hard.” The duo used to ditch high school together for auditions.
4) He’s a man, not a mouse. “Once our agent said we we being sent to New York to meet with Disney. We thought we were meeting some honchos. It turned out we had an audition for The New Mickey Mouse Club. I think we were out of there in a huff. [A serious actor like] Dustin Hoffman wouldn’t be a Mouseketeer.
5) He’s enthusiastic about doomsday. Affleck plays Bruce Willis‘ protege in Armageddon, which incidentally is about the end of the world as we know it. “I just saw our trailer the other day, and it was awesome. It’s all this stuff with asteroids blowing up New York. Let’s just say it’s not a quiet costume movie.”
-author: Cindy Pearlman
And then there’s THIS little zinger…
What’s the stupidest thing the tabloids have eve written about BenAffleck (“Good Will Hunting”, “Armageddon”)?
“That I went into this 7-11 in Wisconsin,” Affleck recalls, “and bought some Trojan Condoms.”
Not so wild a story, really, except that Affleck has never been to Wisconsin. No sooner had the item appeared in one of the tabs, however, than Trojans sent the actor 5,000 rubbers. Just so he’d never have to walk into a 7-11 again.
(Robert Hofler is a senior editor for Daily Variety and a freelance entertainment columnist. Opinions expressed here are his own.)
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