Ben Affleck Won’t Direct A DC Film

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Out selling Amazon’s Nike-themed movie “Air” through which he co-stars and administrators, actor/filmmaker Ben Affleck gave a wide-spanning interview with THR protecting all the pieces from his new company gig to the web memes he has discovered himself starring in.

He additionally touched upon his historical past and potential future with DC, and within the latter case it doesn’t sound like there will likely be any. As beforehand reported, Affleck met with new DC Studios co-chiefs Gunn and Peter Safran about Affleck probably directing an upcoming DCU mission.

Now although plainly assembly didn’t yield something as Affleck says his expertise on the Zack Snyder DC movies led to him being performed with showing in these sorts of movies ever once more.

Requested straight up what would occur if DC got here to him with a proposal for one thing, Affleck stated:

“I’d not direct one thing for the [James] Gunn DC. Completely not. I’ve nothing in opposition to James Gunn. Good man, certain he’s going to do an ideal job. I simply wouldn’t wish to go in and direct in the way in which they’re doing that. I’m not eager about that.”

Elsewhere within the interview, Affleck says he ‘lastly discovered how one can play” Batman/Bruce Wayne within the upcoming “The Flash” movie saying:

“I nailed it in The Flash. For the 5 minutes I’m there, it’s actually nice. A whole lot of it’s simply tone. You’ve bought to determine, what’s your model of the particular person?”

He provides he fairly appreciated “Batman v Superman: Daybreak of Justice,” while the Zack Snyder minimize of “Justice League” was his “highest-rated profession film”. Nonetheless the expertise modified him:

“I’ve by no means had one which went from nadir to pinnacle. Retroactively, it’s successful. Abruptly I used to be getting congratulated for the bomb I’m in.

I used to be going to direct a Batman, and [Justice League] made me go, ‘I’m out. I by no means wish to do any of this once more. I’m not suited.’”

The complete itnerview is up at THR, while the “Air” movie will launch worldwide on Amazon Prime on April fifth.

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