Playing Batman in Justice League Was ‘Worst Experience’ – The Hollywood Reporter

Ben Affleck seems to want to lock Alliance justice distant memories in a hidden cave.

In an interview with LA time announced online on Friday, the 49-year-old Oscar winner was asked about tough times in his recent past. Among the moments he discussed was his 2017 announcement that he would no longer direct Batman, the film directed by Matt Reeves will mark Robert Pattinson’s debut as a superhero.

After Affleck explained, he realized that he should focus on career choices that make him happy, rather than trying to please others, he continued, “Director Batman is a prime example. I looked at it and thought, ‘I’m not going to be happy doing this. The person who does this should love it. ‘ You have to always want these things, and I would probably love to do it at 32 or something. But that’s when I started to realize it wasn’t worth it. It’s just a great benefit of reorienting and re-aligning your priorities that once it starts to lean towards the experience, I feel more at ease.”

Affleck continued to speak to Times that year 2017 Alliance justice, for which he reprized his role as Batman, as the “director” of his career. While listing the reasons this was a difficult shot for him, Affleck cited director Zack Snyder leaving the film following the death of his daughter Autumn in May 2017. Joss Whedon, whom Affleck did not name, in the new interview, replaced Snyder.

“It really is Alliance justice that was important to me,” recalls Affleck, who retired as Caped Crusader in 2019 but will return to the role. The Flash in November. “It was a terrible experience because of a combination of things: my own life, my divorce, going too far, competing agendas and then Zack’s personal tragedy. and the shooting. It was just the worst experience. It’s too bad. That’s everything that I don’t like about this. ”

The star continued, “That became the moment where I said, ‘I’m not doing this anymore.’ It’s not even about, like, Alliance justice too bad. Because it could be anything. “

Affleck said GQ back in March 2020 that he “really loved” portraying superheroes in 2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, but that Alliance justice encountered “problem after problem” and made him feel burned out with the character.

In July 2020, Alliance justice co-star Ray Fisher alleges that Whedon was abusive during the filming of the film, and the actor also claims that producers Geoff Johns and Jon Berg triggered Whedon’s alleged actions. Whedon, Johns and Berg were not available for comment at the time. Following an investigation, in December 2020, Warner Bros. announced that “remedial action” had been taken, although the studio did not provide further specifics.

Last year, HBO Max released the director’s 4-hour video, titled Justice League by Zack Snyder, dubbed “Snyder Cut” by social media users. The Hollywood Reporter Film critic John DeFore called it “an improvement in some concrete ways”.