Ben Affleck shares which of his movies his kids love to watch: ‘They can make fun of me’

Ben Affleck is again within the director’s chair for his subsequent, the Prime Video movie, Air. While selling the movie, the actor additionally spoke about exhibiting his three kids his movies now that they’re older. He and his ex-wife, actor Jennifer Garner, have two daughters, 17-year previous Violet, 14-year-old Seraphina, and one son, 11-year-old Samuel. The actor revealed that they loved Armageddon (1998) from his early days as an actor as a result of they loved making enjoyable of him in it. (Also learn: Ben Affleck won’t ever direct a DC film underneath James Gunn: ‘Absolutely not’)

In 1997, Ben and his finest good friend Matt Damon burst on the Hollywood scene with their movie Good Will Hunting. The two mates co-wrote the script and starred within the movie. They went on to win the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. The actor shared that he waited to point out his kids the films he is been in, and was wanting to know their opinion on Good Will Hunting.

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, the actor shared, “The first film of mine that my youngsters truly sat by collectively was Armageddon as a result of they like films the place they will make enjoyable of me and so they actually like the concept I used to be an astronaut or an oil driller or they simply discovered the entire thing sort of preposterous however they liked it. They liked the enjoyable of it.

He went on to say, “But the first movie that I cared about and [was] really interested in what my children thought was Good Will Hunting, which I watched with two of my now three kids. It was interesting for me to watch them watch the movie and see how different their childhood is from what my childhood looked like. They were engaged and interested and that was on an artistic level, probably the most gratifying experience of my life.”

In the film Air, the 50-year-old takes audiences again in time to depict Nike’s historic signing of Michael Jordan and the manufacturing of the sneakers Air Jordans. The movie premiered on the SXSW Film Festival on March 18, 2023 and stars Matt, Jason Bateman, Marlon Wayans, Chris Messina and Viola Davis. Ben additionally stars within the movie as Nike co-founder Phil Knight.