Ben Affleck was bringing ‘unhappiness to work’ everyday while starring in ‘JL'

Oscarwinning star Ben Affleck has talked about his struggles with alcohol and challenges being under the cowl in Batman v Superman Dawn Of Justice Suicide Squad Justice League and The FlashldquoI loved Batman v Superman And I liked my brief stints on The Flash that I did and when I got to work with Viola Davis on Suicide Squad for a day or twordquo the actordirector says in a new interview reports deadlinecomldquoIn terms of creatively I really think that I like the idea and the ambition that I had for it which was of the sort of older broken damaged Bruce Wayne And it was something we really went for in the first movierdquo the actor told GQldquoJustice Leaguerdquo was a different storyldquoI certainly wouldnrsquot want to replicate an experience like thatrdquo he saidldquoA lot of it was misalignment of agendas understandings expectations And also by the way I wasnrsquot bringing anything particularly wonderful to that equation at the time either I had my own failings significant failings in that process and at that timerdquoAmong those failings was a growing drinking habitldquoI drank relatively normally for a long time What happened was that I started drinking more and more when my marriage was falling apartrdquo the actor told The New York Times in 2020Asked about drinking alone in his hotel room Affleck said he was doing that ldquoquite a bitrdquo on Justice League which he has also called his nadirldquoYoursquore trying to make yourself feel better with eating or drinking or sex or gambling or shopping or whateverrdquo he explained ldquoBut that ends up making your life worse Then you do more of it to make that discomfort go away Then the real pain starts It becomes a vicious cycle you canrsquot break Thatrsquos at least what happened to merdquoAffleckrsquos selfcriticism is aimed not so much at his performances but ldquowhat I was bringing to work every dayrdquo on setldquoI mean my failings as an actor you can watch the various movies and judgerdquo he told GQldquoBut more of my failings in terms of why I had a bad experience part of it is that what I was bringing to work every day was a lot of unhappiness So I wasnrsquot bringing a lot of positive energy to the equation I didnrsquot cause problems but I came in and I did my job and I went home But yoursquove got to do a little bit better than thatrdquoThat realisation and others led the twotime Oscar winner to step back from another stint inside the cowl on The BatmanldquoI showed somebody The Batman scriptrdquo Affleck told the TimesldquoThey said lsquoI think the script is good I also think yoursquoll drink yourself to death if you go through what you just went though againrsquo There have also been moments that his struggles and specifically his sobriety now five years strong have aided Affleckrsquos workrdquoldquoI knew with The Way Back like lsquoOK look people know Irsquom an alcoholic or in recovery Irsquom going to have to have a conversation about thisrsquo I didnrsquot really mind that I maybe underestimated the degree to which mdash I didnrsquot have any ambitions to be the national spokesman for recovering alcoholicsrdquoldquoAnd not because I have any shame with it or anything I just find that Irsquove been sober for more than five years itrsquos just not something that is at the forefront of my mind Itrsquos not the central preoccupation of my liferdquoThis 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