Ben Affleck recalls filming 'Justice League' as 'worst experience'

It seems like actor Ben Affleck would apparently like to lock his Justice League memories away in a hidden caveAccording to The Hollywood Reporter during an interview with a news outlet that was published on Friday the 49yearold Oscar winner was asked about difficult times in his recent pastAmong the moments he discussed was his 2017 announcement that he would no longer direct The Batman the Matt Reeveshelmed film that will now mark Robert Pattinsons debut as the title superheroAfter Affleck explained he has come to the realization that he should focus on career choices that make himself happy rather than trying to please others he continued Directing Batman is a good example I looked at it and thought Im not going to be happy doing this The person who does this should love itHe added Youre supposed to always want these things and I probably would have loved doing it at 32 or something But it was the point where I started to realize its not worth it Its just a wonderful benefit of reorienting and recalibrating your priorities that once it started being more about the experience I felt more at easeAffleck went on to tell that 2017s Justice League for which he reprised his role as Batman was the nadir of his career While listing reasons why it was a difficult shoot for him Affleck cited director Zack Snyder exiting the film after the death of daughter Autumn in May 2017 Joss Whedon whom Affleck didnt mention by name in the new interview replaced SnyderIt was really Justice League 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 Zacks personal tragedy and the reshooting It just was the worst experience It was awful It was everything that I didnt like about this recalled Affleck who retired as the Caped Crusader in 2019 but will be back in the role for The Flash in NovemberThe star continued That became the moment where I said Im not doing this anymore Its not even about like Justice League was so bad Because it could have been anythingBack in March 2020 Affleck told GQ that he really loved portraying the superhero in 2016s Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice but that Justice League was hit with one problem after another and led him to feel burned out on the characterIn July 2020 Justice League costar Ray Fisher alleged that Whedon had been abusive during the films shoot and the actor also claimed that producers Geoff Johns and Jon Berg enabled Whedons alleged actionsWhedon Johns and Berg did not comment at the time After an investigation Warner Bros announced in December 2020 that remedial action had been taken although the studio did not provide further specifics as per The Hollywood ReporterLast year HBO Max released a fourhour directors cut of the film entitled Zack Snyders Justice League which has been colloquially dubbed the Snyder Cut by social media usersThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever