Ben Affleck on ANIMALS, GOOD WILL HUNTING, JUSTICE LEAGUE, GONE GIRL, ARMAGEDDON, & more!

Where to even begin with Ben Affleck? In a true career-spanning conversation, Ben and Josh dive deep on his latest film ANIMALS, how feeling on the verge of extinction led to him directing, why JUSTICE LEAGUE was a low point in his career, and why he still defends GIGLI. Plus, a story about the actor that rejected GOOD WILL HUNTING, the truth about that GONE GIRL hat incident, why Ben would reprise his role as DAREDEVIL, & more! #happysadconfused #joshhorowitz #benaffleck #goodwillhunting #justiceleague #gonegirl #daredevil #armageddon To get early access to all of Josh's interviews plus bonus content, merch, and discounts to live events, go to patreon.com/happysadconfused Make sure you SUBSCRIBE to the channel so you don't miss any of Josh's interviews! SUPPORT THE SHOW BY SUPPORTING OUR SPONSORS! Rula -- Rula patients typically pay $15 per session when using insurance. Connect with quality therapists and mental health experts who specialize in you at https://www.rula.com/happy #rulapod Quince -- Go to ⁠Quince.com/HAPPYSAD ⁠for free shipping and 365-day returns. Limited Time Offer–Get Huel today with my exclusive offer of 15% OFF online with my code happy15 at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://huel.com/happy15.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ New Customers Only. Thank you to Huel for partnering and supporting our show! Listen to the podcast on... APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/6cQa5xn... Josh on Twitter:   / joshuahorowitz   Josh on Instagram:   / joshuahorowitz   Josh on TikTok: @happysadconfused 0:00 Introduction 2:06 Ben Affleck joins the show 3:03 How press tours have changed 4:44 His hardest press tour 6:08 Animals 9:42 Starting as a director 10:51 Surviving Christmas 13:39 Getting Gone Baby Gone made 18:39 The Town and Gigli 20:59 Star Wars and Man of Steel 22:57 The standalone Batman movie 23:30 Justice League 26:04 Early acting career 28:35 Kevin Smith and Chasing Amy 29:53 Tommy Lee Jones 33:31 Good Will Hunting and Michael Mann 35:20 A Good Will Hunting sequel 36:17 Armageddon 38:16 David Fincher 40:19 The Gone Girl Yankees hat story 41:50 The Batman voice 44:35 Daredevil and Kevin Feige 48:51 Picking his best movie 52:14 Profoundly random questions