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Ben Affleck Talks J.Lo successful "Gigli" Throwback: Live From E! Rewind
Ben Affleck knows that not each of his movies are hits.
In fact, the Air director recently addressed the container bureau nonaccomplishment of his and Jennifer Lopez’s 2003 movie Gigli, and wherefore helium inactive feels a spot blameworthy astir it today.
“I’ve been successful movies similar Gigli, that’s a celebrated example,” helium explained successful a Deadline interrogation alongside pal Matt Damon published Nov. 8. “I got a large currency payday for that. Well, it doesn’t consciousness close successful retrospect due to the fact that they mislaid money.”
Indeed, Ben admitted that his and Matt’s institution Artists Equity—which seeks to “reimagine” the narration betwixt studios, actors and distributors—ensures that benignant of inequity doesn’t hap successful its films.
“It wasn’t the biggest money-losing movie successful past adjacent though it was the astir celebrated weaponry successful history, perhaps,” Ben reflected of Gigli. “Nonetheless, that doesn’t beryllium close with me.”
And portion different films person mislaid much successful earnings, Ben—who shares kids Violet, 18, Seraphina, 15, and Samuel, 12, with ex Jennifer Garner—is right, fewer container bureau bombs are arsenic celebrated arsenic his and J.Lo’s 2003 film.
The $72 cardinal task lone nett $7 cardinal successful sales, and the Argo prima antecedently posited that the fame surrounding the flop stemmed from his aboriginal aughts narration with J.Lo.
“The information astir that movie and what it taught maine was however overmuch everything astir a movie benignant of dictates the mode radical spot it,” Ben explained to Entertainment Weekly successful 2022. “But for being a movie that's specified a celebrated weaponry and a disaster, precise fewer radical really saw the movie.”
Indeed, Ben noted that his narration with J.Lo—with whom helium aboriginal rekindled successful 2021 and joined a twelvemonth aboriginal earlier she filed for divorcement this August—is 1 of the main reasons the movie became what it did.
“I had begun having this narration with Jennifer Lopez, which was selling a batch of magazines and appeared to make a batch of enthusiasm,” Ben continued, adding of the studio: “They conscionable predictably latched onto, ‘They privation a romanticist comedy. They privation the 2 of them together. More of that!’”
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Still, Ben besides called the antagonistic absorption of the movie “a gift.”
“The absorption to Gigli hadn't happened, I astir apt wouldn't person yet decided, ‘I don't truly person immoderate different avenue but to nonstop movies,’ which has turned retired to beryllium the existent emotion of my nonrecreational life,” he noted. “And I did get to conscionable Jennifer, the narration with whom has been truly meaningful to maine successful my life.”
Indeed, J.Lo besides shared that her meet-cute with Ben connected the acceptable of Gigli is the lone memorable portion of the movie to her.
“I don’t retrieve a full clump astir it,” she admitted to Variety successful February. “But I retrieve being connected the acceptable with him each day—and loving it.”
Gigli may person flopped successful sales, but support speechmaking for however it was a catalyst for 1 of the top emotion stories ne'er told:
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December 2001: Filming Gigli
The two prepare to movie a country for the movie successful West Hollywood. The mates met on the acceptable of the film.
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October 2002: Spotted successful Beverly Hills
The 2 are spotted successful the city.
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November 2002: Filming Gigli and Engagement
The 2 movie the movie connected Will Rogers State Beach successful Los Angeles. That month, the histrion proposes to the histrion with a 6.1-carat pinkish diamond ring.
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November 2002: Filming Jersey Girl
The 2 movie the movie successful New York City.
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November 2002: Leaving MTV's TRL
Is determination thing much '00s than some Bennifer 1.0 and TRL?
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December 2002: Red Carpet Debut
The 2 marque their reddish carpet debut arsenic a mates astatine the premiere of her film Maid successful Manhattan.
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January 2003: Sundance
The 2 bundle up astatine the Sundance Film Festival successful Utah.
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February 2003: Daredevil Premiere
The 2 look astatine the premiere of Daredevil, starring Ben arsenic the superhero.
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February 2003: Daredevil Premiere
The 2 look astatine the premiere of Daredevil, starring Ben and aboriginal ex-wife Jennifer Garner.
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March 2003: Oscars
The 2 be the Academy Awards together.
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May 2003: Basketball Game
The 2 beryllium courtside astatine a Los Angeles Lakers game.
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July 2003: Canada Trip
The 2 movie a Dateline interrogation for NBC successful Vancouver.
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July 2003: Gigli Premiere
The 2 look astatine the premiere for their movie successful Westwood, Calif.
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August 2003: Gigli Is Released
...it flops astatine the container office.
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September 2003: Wedding Is Off
The 2 postpone their wedding. No aboriginal day is given.
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October 2003: Baseball Date
The 2 are seen astatine a Boston Red Sox game. The squad is Ben's favorite.
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January 2004: It's Over
The 2 extremity their engagement.
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September 2021: Red Carpet Royalty
They're baaaack. On Sept. 10, the mates makes their archetypal reddish carpet quality successful 18 years astatine the Venice Film Festival premiere of The Last Duel.
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September 2021: Look of Love
There's nary denying J.Lo makes for a stunning plus-one!
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September 2021: Back to the Stage
Ben supports J.Lo astatine the 2021 Global Citizen Live lawsuit successful New York City, wherever she performed onstage. It marked her archetypal euphony gig since she performed astatine VAX LIVE successful May, wherever the histrion besides appeared onstage separately, fueling rumors of a rekindled romance.
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September 2021: Met Gala Debut
The 2 be the Met Gala unneurotic for the archetypal time.
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October 2021: PDA astatine Premiere
Jen and Ben enactment connected a sizzling show connected the reddish carpet astatine the premiere of his film The Last Duel successful New York City.
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April 2022: Engaged Again!
Jennifer confirmed her engagement to the Gone Girl histrion with a video posted to her On The JLo site, revealing a glimpse of her beauteous engagement ringing with a greenish stone.
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July 2022: Married!
On July 16, Jennifer and Ben tied the knot successful a astonishment ceremonial astatine A Little White Wedding Chapel successful Las Vegas.
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July 2022: Post-Wedding Trip to Paris
The 2 abrogation with her twins and 2 of his kids successful the French superior soon aft their wedding.
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June 2023: Red Carpet Fabulous
J.Lo steps retired with Ben successful enactment of his movie The Flash.
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February 2024: This Is Them...Now
Jennifer merchandise This Is Me... Now, an medium astir her narration with Ben. The grounds is accompanied by a philharmonic movie titled This Is Me... Now: A Love Story and the documentary The Greatest Love Story Never Told.
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March 2024: Jenny connected the Block
The mates enjoys a time retired successful NYC connected March 30, 2024.
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August 2024: Divorce
J.Lo filed for divorcement Aug. 20, listing the day of separation arsenic Apil 26, according to the filing obtained by TMZ.
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