Nothing is guaranteed in Hollywood.
ben affleck Recently it was revealed that doing anything in this business could end his career.
“We are all subject to this kind of insecurity in this business,” the 52-year-old said. deadline earlier this month. “Whether we’re an actor or a director or a writer, the phone can stop ringing for us.”
“It’s the only thing I can count on, this advance money. I don’t know when it’s going to go away,” Affleck continued. “I’m one wrong comment away from getting canceled, or I’m one movie bomb away from never working again, and I’ve got a family and so on.”
Now, Affleck and his long time friend matt damon Started Artist Equity Production Company, which aims to create fair pay between creators and studios in the industry.
Affleck explained, “I’ve been in movies like ‘Gigli’, that’s a famous example. I got a big cash payment for that. Well, looking back it doesn’t seem right because they [the studio] The money was lost.”
“Even though it wasn’t the biggest money-grossing film in history This was the most famous bomb in historyPerhaps. Still, it doesn’t sit right with me,” he admitted. “But it also doesn’t sit right with people when they go, wait a minute, we’ve all made sacrifices to commit to this. And then there’s the old story about the $10 million movie that made $200 million and nobody saw anything.”
These days, the actor is also focusing on his personal life This also includes dating again after divorce from Jennifer Lopez after two years of marriage,
“He’s open to it,” a source recently revealed. entertainment tonightHowever, the insider cautioned that dating isn’t at the top of the star’s to-do list.
“Ben has other priorities that are more important,” he said.
The insider’s comments come just weeks after Lopez, 55, shared “Not looking for anyone” Till date and currently, I am happy being single.
Talking to comedian Nikki Glaser for an excerpt Interview Magazine, the “Love Don’t Cost a Thing” singer said she was “working on myself” after this. Her “whole world fell apart” this summer.,
Lopez filed for divorce from Affleck on August 20, the two-year anniversary of their second marriage.
When Glaser, 40, suggested Lopez have “a new bar for the next person to come” after her split from Affleck, the “Hustlers” star was adamant on staying single.
“The thing is: There is no new bar because I’m not looking for one. How was it?” he asked Glaser.
Asked by Glaser if this was “the first time you’ve been able to say that as a single woman,” Lopez said, “Yes!”
“For people who are romantic and like to be in relationships and want to grow old with someone, we think, ‘I have to do this to be whole and happy.’ And you don’t do that,'” JLo said.
She also said that she did not regret “one second” of the pain her breakup with Affleck caused her.
“That doesn’t mean it didn’t take me out almost forever. It almost happened,” Lopez admitted. “But now, on the other side of it, I think to myself, ‘F–k, this is exactly what I needed. Thank God. I’m sorry it took me so long. I’m sorry you had to put up with me so long. I should have learned this twice or thrice. You had to hit me hard with the sledgehammer.’ ‘
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She further added that her new perspective on love does not mean that she has “figured it all out”, but instead emphasizes that she is “excited” to be single.
Lopez was married to Ojani Noah from 1997 to 1998, Chris Judd from 2001 to 2003, and Marc Anthony from 2004 to 2014, with whom she has 16-year-old twins, Max and Emme. Before tying the knot with Affleck in 2022, they were engaged. From 2002 to early 2004.
