Kevin Smith Celebrates Ben Affleck Friendship In Sweet Post
Clerks 3 director Kevin Smith celebrates his friendship with actor Ben Affleck in a sweet post. Affleck has appeared in at least half of Smith's films, starting with 1995's Mallrats as the villainous Shannon Hamilton. Since then, Affleck appears in many of Smith's View Askewinverse movies; he has played Holden McNeil in Chasing Amy, Bartleby in Dogma, Ollie Trinke in Jersey Girl, and even himself in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. His most recent appearance was reprising Holden for Jay and Silent Bob Reboot, which is the character he reprises the most in the View Askewniverse.
Affleck has gone on to win multiple Academy Awards as a writer and director, taking a win for writing Good Will Hunting with Matt Damon and then winning Best Picture for Argo, his second directorial effort. The star has also taken on a number of high-profile projects that have elevated his visibility in the industry, including a turn as Batman in the DCEU; he will soon reprise the role in the upcoming The Flash solo film with Ezra Miller. Before that, though, Affleck will be going back to a simpler universe with his latest role in Smith's ever-expanding filmography.
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In a new social media post, Smith celebrates his long friendship and collaborative relationship with Affleck, and champions the actor's return forClerks 3, where the actor will be playing a new character. Smith names Affleck as one of the«co-architects» of the View Askewniverse, saying that "bits of Ben are baked into the creative DNA" of his franchise of films. The director goes on the laud Affeck's presence in Clerks 3, saying that the actor showed up as «good ol’ Ben — the funny-ass friend» who has been a
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