Ben Affleck has revealed why shooting “Justice League” in 2017 was “the worst experience” of his life.
Zack Snyder directed the 2017 superhero picture, which stars Ben Affleck as Batman with Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, and Gal Gadot.
Many people appreciated Affleck’s portrayal as Bruce Wayne in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice after its release. Many fans were ecstatic to see Justice League, which included all-star DC characters such as Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, The Flash, and Cyborg. The film, on the other hand, had a series of difficulties that culminated in a mixed response to the final product.
“It was really ‘Justice League’ that was the nadir for me,” Affleck remarked in an interview with the Los Angeles Times. “That was a difficult experience due to a number of factors, including my personal life, divorce, being gone too much, conflicting agendas, and then [director] Zack [Snyderpersonal ]’s tragedy [Snyder’s daughter Autumn committed herself in 2017] and the reshooting.”
After Snyder stepped aside from his position during post-production after the loss of his daughter Autumn in March 2017, Joss Whedon took over to finish the picture (a contentious decision).
“It was the worst experience I’ve ever had,” Affleck stated. “It was a disaster. It was everything about this that I didn’t like. “I’m not doing this any longer,” I said at that point. It’s not even about, like, “Justice League” was so bad. Because it could have been anything.”
On the set of the late-1990s to early-2000s series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and its spinoff “Angel,” Whedon has been accused of being emotionally abusive and “toxic.” Ray Fisher, who portrayed Cyborg in the 2017 superhero blockbuster “Justice League,” accused Whedon of being “abusive,” “gross,” and “unprofessional” on the set.
Following the release of Justice League, Affleck was supposed to direct and appear in The Batman, his first solo film as DC’s Dark Knight. He resigned as director in early 2017 to seek treatment for alcoholism. He formally left the project two years later.
“I looked at it and thought, ‘I’m not going to be happy doing this. The person who does this should love it,’” Affleck remembered. “You’re supposed to always want these things, and I probably would have loved doing it at 32 or something. But it was the point where I started to realize it’s not worth it. It’s just a wonderful benefit of reorienting and recalibrating your priorities that once it started being more about the experience, I felt more at ease.”
In another part of the interview, Affleck said that as his career progressed, he understood he needed to “stick to what my standards were” when it came to project selection.
“I’m not preoccupied with notions of financial or commercial success,” he later said, “because those things really corrupt your choices. Then what happens is the movies are less interesting and you’re less good.”
Affleck was previously married to the 49-year-old actress of 13 Going on 30 from 2005 until 2015, when the couple announced their divorce.
“We have made the difficult decision to divorce after much thought and careful consideration,” the exes — who have three daughters Violet, 16, Seraphina, 13, and Samuel, 9 — said in a statement at the time. “We move forward with love and friendship for one another, as well as a commitment to coparenting our children, whose privacy we request be respected during this trying time. This will be our only comment on this private, family matter. Thank you for understanding.”
