Ben Affleck On BATMAN v SUPERMAN Script & DAREDEVIL Regrets

Ben Affleck On BATMAN v SUPERMAN Script & DAREDEVIL Regrets

While promoting David Fincher's Gone Girl, Ben Affleck ("Pearl Harbor") chatted with NPR about the Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice script as well as his regrets regarding Daredevil.

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By nailbiter111 - Oct 04, 2014 04:10 PM EST
Filed Under: Batman vs. Superman
Source: npr.org
Ben Affleck ("Jersey Girl") has been going around doing interview after interview promoting the crap out of David Fincher's Gone Girl and it looks like it has paid off as the film is number one at the box office this weekend. To keep the good times rolling Batfleck chatted with NPR (click here to listen), and during their discussion he shared his thoughts on the 2003 Daredevil film and the script Argo screenwriter Chris Terrio wrote for Zack Snyder's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

NPR: On whether he has any trepidation about starring in the upcoming Batman, given his regrets about the 2003 film Daredevil

BEN AFFLECK: Indeed I have regrets about Daredevil. I have regrets about all the movies that I don't think were executed properly. ... Look, if I thought we were remaking Daredevil, I'd be out there picketing myself ... and that goes for other movies as well that I haven't been happy with. You know, I'm hard on myself and I have exacting standards and I want to do excellent work and I don't always succeed, but I think you have to start out with that drive.

[Batman] was written by Chris Terrio, who wrote Argo, who's not a comic guy. And it's directed by Zach Snyder, who's a incredibly magical sort of visual stylist who's steeped in the comic world. And you have this sandwich of talents. I felt very confident about it. ... I thought it would be nice to make one of these movies really, really good.


BATMAN v SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE - Zack Snyder will direct. It's written by Chris Terrio, from a screenplay by David S. Goyer. The film stars: Henry Cavill as Superman/Clark Kent and Ben Affleck as Batman/Bruce Wayne. The cast also includes: Amy Adams as Lois Lane, Laurence Fishburne as Perry White, Diane Lane as Ma Kent, Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor, Ray Fisher as Cyborg and Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman/Diana Prince. Will arrive in theaters March 25th, 2016.
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DeusExSponge
DeusExSponge - 10/4/2014, 4:43 PM
Let that regret empower you Mr Affleck! Let it run through your veins and mold you into a kick ass Batman.
YeezusWept
YeezusWept - 10/4/2014, 4:43 PM
The director's cut of Daredevil is still trash.
SuperCat
SuperCat - 10/4/2014, 4:44 PM
Although I hated "Daredevil," I thought the costume was badass!
bigdannymac
bigdannymac - 10/4/2014, 4:47 PM
The more Ben talks about the Script the happier I become.

I'm a huge Ben as Batman supporter, and I have nothing but optimism going into this movie. Marvel has done very very well, but the movie EVERYONE will be talking about in 2016 and the years to follow.. is the first time we saw Batman and Superman on the same screen at the same time.

The first time I saw Avengers.. and everyone was together on the street fighting.. it was an amazing moment in the history of comic-book movies. However.. take the two most iconic comicbook characters of all time and throw them on screen together.. it's going to break records.

Good or bad, I will see this movie 100 times. However I truthfully feel this movie will exceed all expectations.
SageMode
SageMode - 10/4/2014, 4:48 PM
Don't worry Ben, Charlie Cox will be a much better Daredevil than you will be as Bats.
MisterBatfleck
MisterBatfleck - 10/4/2014, 4:52 PM
Notice how he never mentioned Goyer.
MisterBatfleck
MisterBatfleck - 10/4/2014, 4:53 PM
I thought Gone Girl showed that Affleck can act?
LordDaredevil
LordDaredevil - 10/4/2014, 4:57 PM
@bigdannymac Truth. Complete and utter truth.
MisterBatfleck
MisterBatfleck - 10/4/2014, 5:07 PM
@mgeoff88

Didn't they bring in Terrio in December of last year while Goyer made those idiotic comments this year?
Tainted87
Tainted87 - 10/4/2014, 5:10 PM
I still really really like the 2003 Daredevil. For all of its faults, there's a truly satisfying attention to detail that most so-called "fans" are quick to forget, but it is inventive and different.

I like that Matt sleeps in a water chamber at night to drown out the noise, and in the director's cut, he hears a woman dying but is so worn down, he shuts the tank. I like that he has all of these scars on his body from all of the fights he's been in... while it wasn't executed well during the partial CGI scenes, in those quiet moments we truly see that Matt isn't really superhuman. He has prescription bottles full of painkillers, and once he pulls a tooth out in the shower after a fight.

Like I said, it is flawed... those bits I mentioned are just glimpses, but not a true visitation of his life, and when the action starts up, it becomes irrelevant. It did have potential to be amazing though.
ScottMontgomery
ScottMontgomery - 10/4/2014, 5:11 PM
@MisterBatfleck
I thought the last couple years of his career have shown what a talented individual he is. Not only is he a fantastic director he is also an amazing actor. First off look at the three films he has directed (Gone Girl, Argo and my personal favorite The Town) those are all stellar movies. Then look at his acting in films like Hollywoodland, Argo, The Town, or even Runner Runner. I have no doubt he will be the best Batman we have had to date and I can't wait to see what he does next. The dude is a legend
MisterBatfleck
MisterBatfleck - 10/4/2014, 5:14 PM
Amen to that, small correction it was David Fincher who directed Gone Girl (which I can't wait to go see!).
mgeoff88
mgeoff88 - 10/4/2014, 5:16 PM
@MisterBatfleck Damn... you're right. Ha ha, I feel like an idiot.

I was thinking July 25th was the day it was announced Chris Terrio was hired to rewrite the BVS script.

That was actually the day it was announced he would write the script for Justice League as well.
jaysin420
jaysin420 - 10/4/2014, 5:18 PM
I love how he didn't mention Goyer, that was my only worry about this movie. I really thought Snyder could make something incredible with the right script, and this Terrio just seems to be a much better writer.

Couldn't be more excited.
MisterBatfleck
MisterBatfleck - 10/4/2014, 5:19 PM
@mgeoff88

You're probably kind of right actually, as Foyer said that crap in May and they said Terrio would write Justice League in July.
MisterBatfleck
MisterBatfleck - 10/4/2014, 5:20 PM
*Goyer
TheOverlord
TheOverlord - 10/4/2014, 5:24 PM
I had my doubts, but Affleck has turned out to be a tremendous asset to BvS and the entire DCCU.
ScottMontgomery
ScottMontgomery - 10/4/2014, 5:27 PM
@MisterBatfleck
Oh shit! I can't believe I made that mistake! I meant to say Gone Baby Gone, I just can't stop thinking about Gone Girl, and the titles to the two movies are kinda similar. I'm a big film buff.
MisterBatfleck
MisterBatfleck - 10/4/2014, 5:30 PM
It does sound like the name of the sequel.
WimpyKid4Life
WimpyKid4Life - 10/4/2014, 5:36 PM
Ben Affleck will go down in history as the BEST casting in a comic book movie ever. BELIEVE THAT!!!!
GhostDog
GhostDog - 10/4/2014, 5:36 PM
There goes Zack Snyder and visuals again. Always associated with visuals. Starting to think that's all he's good at.
NoPhucksGiven
NoPhucksGiven - 10/4/2014, 5:38 PM
I have never read a daredevil comic. I just couldn't ever get around to him. Marvel has a huge list of dope characters. Daredevil just never seemed that important. I hope the new show can prove to me that he is a bad-ass and worth reading reading up on.
ManDeth
ManDeth - 10/4/2014, 5:39 PM
And now for the inevitable bullshit claims that Daredevil Director's Cut was magically better than Daredevil.

Daredevil Director's Cut still had Affleck, Garner and their bad acting. Daredevil's costume still sucked! The shit playground fight scene. It still had many years of Daredevil story crammed into a little film. Evanescence, Drowning Pool, Nickelback, Fuel and more bands completing one of the worst soundtracks in history.

Daredevil Director's Cut was the same shit movie with added Coolio. Sorry, but a Law & Order subplot with Coolio doesn't make a piece of shit anything more than a piece of shit. It did make it a bigger piece of shit though.


WimpyKid4Life
WimpyKid4Life - 10/4/2014, 5:41 PM
Batman v Superman was supposed to come out in 2015, Darn It!!!

Oh well, at least they have more time to perfect this historic masterpiece. Patience is a key element of success.
MarkyMarkRises
MarkyMarkRises - 10/4/2014, 5:43 PM
#1 movie of 2016


calling it baby
mbembet
mbembet - 10/4/2014, 5:43 PM
@ComicsBornAndBred i agree snyder is just as bad as michael bay if not worse.
but i have faith in Ben affleck he will kick the crap out of man of shit!
GhostDog
GhostDog - 10/4/2014, 5:51 PM
@mbembet I agree. Affleck is the only hope in this film. And the Chris Terrio script. Maybe he understands these characters
WimpyKid4Life
WimpyKid4Life - 10/4/2014, 5:51 PM
I think Ben Affleck will transition well from Daredevil to Batman. It worked out just fine for Chris Evans. Whenever I watch the Fantastic Four movies, I never see Captain America, all I see is The Human Torch. Flame On!!! And when I see Captain America, The Human Torch does not come to mind. i think the same thing will happen with Ben Affleck. He has matured as an actor over the last decade. It's not a prediction, but a spoiler, that Ben Affleck's performance as Batman will be SATISFYING!!!!
WimpyKid4Life
WimpyKid4Life - 10/4/2014, 6:10 PM

This is me after waking up from a dream of finally witnessing the heart-racing, mind-blowing, underwear-changing, movie event of the century Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice :
SAMURAI36
SAMURAI36 - 10/4/2014, 6:26 PM
I love how people speculate as to why Goyer is not active in this film. First off, Goyer is one of the top brass at DC/WB. Just because he's not actively involved in this film, doesn't mean he's totally out of the picture.

And second, Goyer is currently doing Constantine, and I'm sure he's involved in other WB/DC-related projects.

Besides, not seeing Goyer's name mentioned, is like not seeing Geoff Johns's name mentioned.... Does anybody REALLY believe Geoff Johns is not directly involved in this stuff either?
bigdannymac
bigdannymac - 10/4/2014, 6:28 PM
@TheDarkKryptonian - Thanks bud!


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TheDarkKryptonian - 10/4/2014, 4:57 PM
@bigdannymac Truth. Complete and utter truth.
Dingbat
Dingbat - 10/4/2014, 6:44 PM
Affleck was always talented. His career has taken some dips in the past though. Luckily he's at a peak right now, the highest he's ever been.
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