Ben Affleck talks divorce, marriage and Netflix's 'Animals'
Actor Ben Affleck discusses his role in the new Netflix thriller 'Animals' and reflects on how his personal life experiences have influenced his acting. He also shares his thoughts on the complexities of modern marriage and the challenges of balancing career and family.
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The piece offers insight into the creative process of a major Hollywood figure and touches on broader cultural themes regarding relationships and life experience.
Hear this story Ben Affleck has his share of crying scenes in movies, even early in his career. The gut-wrenching goodbye of “ Armageddon ,” for instance, or the dad of “Jersey Girl” talking with his newborn daughter. But Affleck really unleashes the waterworks during an intense exchange between a stressed couple in his new film “ Animals .”
“This is going to sound a little woo-woo, but as I've gotten older, living more life means having joy and having pain and making mistakes and having regrets,” says Affleck, director, co-writer and star of the kidnapping thriller ( streaming on Netflix Oct. 9 ). “What I've learned to understand more is kind of where those feelings are and be able to access and touch them, because I've just had more life experience.”
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