Ben Affleck shares some steamy scenes with Blake Lively and Rebecca Hall in his new film The Town – and don't forget about costar Jon Hamm.
"My sex scenes with Ben, which were cut, I think, wisely … were raunchy," Hamm joked Friday at the Toronto International Film Festival, as the entire room roared with laughter.
Even if they didn't ever share a bed, Hamm did work closely with Affleck, who directed and stars in the thriller. And how would the Mad Men star describe their collaboration?
"It was an awful experience," he deadpanned. "[Ben's] a horrible human being. Talent-free, I guess we could probably say. It was pure misery … two-and-half months of absolute, abject terror."
Or maybe not.
"No, it was truly a wonderful experience," Hamm said. "To actually have to bring that intensity and the wonderful performance that he brought in front of the camera, it's an amazing achievement – and I'm very proud to be associated with it."
Looks who's ready to serve and to protect? A uniformed Ben Affleck gets ready to report for duty Friday while on the Boston set of his comedy, The Town.
A suited-up Ben Affleck is in good spirits on the Boston set of his drama "The Company Men". And despite his tailored attire, the actor managed to play a little football while shooting a scene.
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They were close childhood friends, collaborated on the script for 1997's Good Will Hunting and then won Oscars for it. And even after Hollywood success and "ballooning" families, Ben Affleck says his friendship with Damon" has not only gotten stronger, with shared vacations, but they're planning another movie together.
"It's cool," Affleck, 36, told People of his and Damon's enduring bond, which includes mixing and mingling with their wives and kids. Affleck has two daughters with wife Jennifer Garner, while Damon, also 36, has two daughters with wife Luciana Barroso.
"We went on vacation last summer," says Affleck, who plays a congressman opposite Russell Crowe in the new thriller State of Play. "It's nice. It always has been. He's got his family ballooning, and we're doing okay – it's nice."
With the two having never veered from their shared Boston upbringing, Affleck observes, "I think it would be the same for anybody. You're friends when you are young, you have a certain life. Then in your 20s you have a different life. In your 30s you get married and have families."
Satisfying Friendships
Given such a perspective, Affleck adds, "It's a different kind of satisfaction being around your friends, the friends you grew up with. They have kids, have barbecues and that kind of deal. That is really satisfying, too. It's one of the nice things about having friends for a long time."
Equally nice is that, with recent arrival Seraphina Rose joining daughter Violet, 3, at home, Affleck says, "I am very lucky. I feel blessed to look around and see that I've got a healthy family and a job. Especially nowadays, you really feel very good."
When it comes to being a dad, he's mastered many of the duties – including how to mash bananas properly – that his wife was once worried would require supervision.
"I'm in a pretty good zone right now," says People's 2002 Sexiest Man Alive. "I say that, and I'll go home to find everything exploded, [but] so far, so good."
All in all, he says, "I really am happy with what I'm doing now. In fact, I've never been at a place where I've felt better about going to work every day. I'm more engaged and very, very happy … I've really gotten comfortable with the things that are important to me."
Time to Re-Team
In terms of professional projects, though they've costarred and shared cameos in various films and collaborated as producers on different projects, Affleck and Damon haven't been paired together on screen for five years. Affleck says the timing now feels right to re-team once again.
"Supposedly we're doing this thing next year" once their busy schedules dovetail, Affleck said. For his part, Damon has to complete three films – including a fourth turn as Jason Bourne – while Affleck, who received warm reviews for his 2007 directorial effort Gone Baby Gone, will be directing and starring in The Town, which Variety reports is an adaptation of the Chuck Hogan novel The Prince of Thieves.
"Matt is always pretty busy but claiming that he's going to try and slow it down a little bit," says his buddy. "He doesn't mind taking a year to wait. I would love to, it's great, and we're both busy. Matt lives in Miami, so it's hard to get a chance to see him. If we work together it's an excuse to hang out."
Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck have welcomed their second daughter, People.com confirms exclusively.The actress's rep says: "Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck gave birth to a healthy baby girl." The baby was born Tuesday in Los Angeles. No other details were immediately available.Garner and Affleck, both 36, are also parents to daughter Violet, 3.In the weeks leading up to the birth, Garner, stayed close to home, picking up Violet from preschool and even treating herself to a mani-pedi. Just days before giving birth, Garner was spotted with Violet at the Farmer's Market in Pacific Palisades and grabbing a decaf coffee at Caffe Luxxe in Santa Monica with a girlfriend.Former Alias costar and close friend Victor Garber says the actress needs no help in the mommy department. "It's her second child," Garber told People. "She knows what to do. She's probably the best mother I've ever witnessed."Source: People.com
Ben Affleck shares some steamy scenes with Blake Lively and Rebecca Hall in his new film The Town – and don't forget about costar Jon Hamm.
Or maybe not.
