Matt Damon Helped Ben Affleck Quit His Batman Role

Matt Damon Helped Ben Affleck Quit His Batman Role

Matt Damon Helped Ben Affleck Quit His Batman Role

Ben Affleck has confirmed The Flash will mark his final tenure as Batman. However, it seems like the decision partly came about by taking some advice from his long-term friend, Matt Damon.

Both actors spoke to Entertainment Weekly about their influential and successful careers in Hollywood. During the feature, Affleck revealed he asked for help from Damon on whether he should continue as the Caped Crusader.

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Matt Damon Helped Ben Affleck Quit His Batman Role

The Argo star has previously spoken about how difficult Joss Whedon's Justice League shoot was. Because of the experience, he was questioning his stance as the Caped Crusader:

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are in a bar.
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Ben Affleck and Matt Damon in Good Will Hunting (1997)

Affleck turned to Jason Bourne himself for help. The two friends shot to fame in the 1990s, after they both won Best Original Screenplay Oscars for Good Will Hunting. During EW's interview, he mentioned that Matt Damon helped come to the outcome:

The pair reunited to write and star in The Last Duel, in which the filming experience on the medieval picture rivalled Justice League for Affleck.

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While Ben Affleck's reign as The Dark Knight is coming to an end, a new era for the DC mascot rises this March with Robert Pattinson.

The Matt Reeves picture is said to be the scariest depiction of Batman ever put to screen, though there have been discussions of pushing the film back due to COVID-19 concerns.