Ben Affleck Reveals Why He Turned Down Directing Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Inside Ben Affleck’s Candid Warning to Disney Before Passing on ‘Star Wars’

The “Star Wars” sequel trilogy was not well received by fans, but would that have changed if Ben Affleck had […]

Ben Affleck Confirms He Turned Down Star Wars: The Force Awakens, And the Real Reason Why

Image Courtesy of Lucasfilm The sequel trilogy continues to have an interesting legacy in the larger Star Wars franchise. For one, this represented Disney’s first entry into the galaxy far, far away, at least on the big screen, and that alone was always going to be a major obstacle. Of course, that arguably ended up going worse even than […]

Ben Affleck Reveals Why He Turned Down Directing Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Reports that Ben Affleck ran to direct Star Wars: The Force Awakens were true. However, the actor-director turned down the offer to become a part of the mega-billionaire space opera franchise because he felt someone else could do that job better than him. On Josh Horowitz’s Happy Sad Confused podcast, the Good Will Hunting star […] The post Ben Affleck Reveals Why He Turned Down Directing Star Wars: The Force Awakens appeared first on ComingSoon…

Ben Affleck confirms he turned down directing The Force Awakens

Ben Affleck confirms he turned down directing The Force Awakens The actor-director said that he thought someone more passionate would do a better job directing, and it wasn't a "self-sacrificing" decision.

Ben Affleck Explains Why He Took Himself Out of the Running to Direct 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens'

The actor says he doesn't consider the move to be "some great self-sacrificing thing"

Ben Affleck Reveals Surprising Reason He Turned Down Chance to Work on ‘Star Wars’: ‘There’s a Lot of Challenges to Reinventing That’

'I'm a fan, but I'm not the person to direct this movie.'