The B-Side Ep. 45 – Ben Affleck (with Marie Bardi)

Hello everybody and welcome to The B-Side podcast for The Film Stage, here we talk about movie stars; not the films that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones they made in between! And today, with The Accountant 2 out in theaters, we thought we’d revisit our episode on the B-Sides of Ben Affleck! Originally recorded in March 2020, at the time of the release of The Way Back, our friend Marie Bardi joins us to talk about our love for a sad Ben Affleck performance, and his ups and downs in B-Sides like Forces of Nature, Bounce, Changing Lanes, and Hollywoodland. We reflect on how his work seems to constantly mirror his life offscreen, and what makes him such an appealing movie star to root for. We get into a lot, so please enjoy this look back at the B-Sides of Ben Affleck.