It’s no secret that Ben Affleck had a terrible experience working on Justice League. In fact, it was so bad that it turned him off of playing Batman on a regular basis in the DCEU. But what you may not’ve known is that it was someone very close to him who also influenced the decision.
Speaking to Matt Damon as part of an article for Entertainment Weekly, here’s what Affleck shared:
“I had a really nadir experience around Justice League for a lot of different reasons. Not blaming anybody, there’s a lot of things that happened. But really what it was is that I wasn’t happy. I didn’t like being there. I didn’t think it was interesting. And then some really s—ty things, awful things happened. But, that’s when I was like, I’m not going to do that anymore.
In fact, I talked to you about it and you were a principal influence on that decision. I want to do the things that would bring me joy. Then we went and did Last Duel and I had fun every day on this movie. I wasn’t the star, I wasn’t likable. I was a villain. I wasn’t all the things I thought I was supposed to be when I started out and yet it was a wonderful experience. And it was all just stuff that came along that I wasn’t chasing.”
So, we have Matt Damon to blame (or thank?) for Affleck giving up on Batman after Justice League. Of course, he’ll be suiting up once more for The Flash, but that’s said to be just a very small role to send him off and after that, the DCEU will wave goodbye to him.
Source: EW
