Becoming a tabloid star gave the actor his best role ever.
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This brand of fame gossip fame,inlandfame is not one to which serious actors expose themselves.
But he did not deny its effects.
Did Bennifer hurt Afflecks career?
He is not a performer who vanishes into roles.
He is always inescapably himself, which is not in itself a bad thing.
It is an essential aspect of being a movie star, a separate quality from acting entirely.
And yet the first image of Affleck that comes to mind is almost certainly one taken by a paparazzo.
He has a fascinating expressiveness that he cant seem to help offscreen.
Affleck felt the need to respond to Fry, tweeting that he was doing just fine.
The feeling reached new heights in 2015, after Affleck and his then-wife Jennifer Garner separated.
To play a superhero has become the apex of movie stardom, and Affleck has tried it twice.
It felt like a sign that Affleck was unsure of how he would figure into the Hollywood landscape.
Over the course of 2020, Affleck and de Armas got matching necklaces and embarked on high jinks.
I think you like the attention, to an extent.
There are at least a half-dozen pictures in circulation of Affleck flipping off cameras.
When theyre funny, its because they feel unmediated, lending them an unexpected purity.
Its one of the best things hes ever done.
Reeves can see what the others around them cant: that the gun is real.
To have photographers documenting your every move can be both superpower and nightmare.
Its something even Damon, for all of his carefully guarded opacity, understands.
It was as though he was hoping to take advantage of their renewed gleam.
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