Ben Affleck does not look back fondly on his time making Liga da Justiça.
The actor reprised his role as Batman/Bruce Wayne in the 2017 filme, which saw director Joss Whedon take over the project after original filmmaker Zack Snyder stepped away from the movie after his 20-year-old daughter’s death by suicide.
Several Liga da Justiça costars have spoken out against Whedon’s alleged behavior on set of the film, including Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot, who recalled being “chocado” by how he spoke toward her during production. Além disso, Ray Fisher, who played Cyborg, accused Whedon of being “Bruto, abusivo, unprofessional and completely unacceptable.” (An official investigation by WarnerMedia ended with “remedial action.”)
Though he doesn’t mention Whedon by name, Affleck told the Los Angeles Times that making Liga da Justiça turned out to be the “worst experience” because of many reasons. (The film shoot had been plagued by a variety of issues, including delays, budget issues, script changes, as well as the last-minute director change late in filming, which resulted in extensive reshoots.)
“Foi realmente Liga da Justiça that was the nadir for me. That was a bad experience because of a confluence of things: my own life, my divorce, being away too much, the competing agendas and then Zack’s personal tragedy and the reshooting,” said Affleck. “It just was the worst experience. It was awful.”
The Tender Bar actor added, “It was everything that I didn’t like about this. That became the moment where I said, ‘I’m not doing this anymore.’ It’s not even about, gostar, Liga da Justiça was so bad. Because it could have been anything.”
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Em outubro, Affleck alluded to the challenging Liga da Justiça production while speaking with Variedade, sharing what it was like to play Batman again for the upcoming Clarão filme, which is directed by Andy Muschietti.
“Era um really nice way to revisit that as the prior experience had been difficult,” ele disse na época, adding that working on O Flash depois Liga da Justiça “foi realmente adorável” e “Realmente engraçado.”
“Eu tive um grande momento,” said Affleck, then joking of the secretive project, “Provavelmente estou sob alguma ordem de silêncio que nem sei que provavelmente acabei de violar e agora vou ser processado.”