Movie Star Blog

For someone who dislikes Ben Affleck, these are some pretty good recollections:

Ben Affleck, though, has always needed to disappear. My friend Stevie points out that Affleck isn’t charming or cool at all, and that he’s well aware of this. Stevie notes that the only director who’s ever understood Affleck’s uncoolness is Kevin Smith — which is why his first big role for Smith was as a jerk who liked to have sex with women “in a very uncomfortable place.” The first role I remember Affleck in was Dazed and Confused, where he played a high-school bully. As far as I know, only those two movies...