Ben Affleck calls Justice League reshoots his career low point

Ben Affleck says the Justice League reshoots were the low point of his career, describing the film’s production as a deeply negative experience during an appearance on the Happy Sad Confused podcast.

Affleck said the project went badly for several reasons, according to Deadline. He pointed to his own circumstances at the time, a tragedy during the production period and what he viewed as conflict between the studio and the filmmaker.

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Affleck said the experience taught him that a movie suffers when a studio and director are at odds. He said that kind of conflict was a mistake and that it was what, in his view, doomed the film.

Speaking about Zack Snyder’s departure from the project and the reshoots that followed, Affleck said that period marked the lowest point of his professional life. His assessment was personal, and he did not present it as a full account of every decision made on the production.

Deadline reported that Snyder experienced a family tragedy during post-production. Warner Bros. then hired Joss Whedon to oversee reshoots, and the outlet reported that the work substantially changed the film’s story and tone.

Affleck also referred to a death by suicide while discussing the period, saying it eclipsed other concerns. He criticized how he believed the tragedy was handled, though he did not set out a detailed account of the circumstances in the comments cited by Deadline.

He mentioned fellow cast members Ray Fisher and Gal Gadot while talking about the atmosphere around the film. But Affleck stressed that he had not personally witnessed much of what they experienced and had heard some accounts secondhand.

That caveat limits his remarks to his own perspective: a difficult production period, a major creative shift during reshoots and an experience he now ranks at the bottom of his career.

This story draws on original reporting from Deadline.