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Steven Spielberg Refused to Work with Ben Affleck over Pool Row
Mike Binder says Steven Spielberg blocked Ben Affleck from Man About Town due to a pool incident and Affleck's box-office flops, leading DreamWorks to drop the project.
- Mike Binder said Steven Spielberg withdrew from directing after objecting to Ben Affleck, and DreamWorks dropped Man About Town the following day while Binder still wanted Affleck to lead.
- According to Binder, Spielberg told him that Affleck made his young son cry during a family vacation pool when Affleck was dating Spielberg's goddaughter Gwyneth Paltrow, and later said, 'I just don't like to work with him.'
- Binder said, `We make a deal that he's gonna do it, we shake hands, he'll do it,` but Spielberg declined, citing recent box-office issues with Affleck, Binder claimed.
- The reworked project led Mike Binder to direct Man About Town with Ben Affleck for Media 8, and Lionsgate released it straight to DVD; Binder called the film "s---ty" but praised Affleck's performance.
- Despite the earlier row, Ben Affleck and Steven Spielberg embraced at the 2013 Academy Awards, and Mike Binder revisited the episode on Stephen Baldwin's One Bad Movie podcast, saying both men acted poorly.
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Steven Spielberg Allegedly Once Refused to Work with Ben Affleck, According to Filmmaker Mike Binder | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip
Steven Spielberg apparently once refused to direct Ben Affleck in a movie, filmmaker Mike Binder is claiming a new interview. While appearing on Stephen Baldwin‘s One Bad Movie podcast, Mike, 67, said that he and Steven, 79, had been in talks to work together on the early 2000s movie Man About Town, which Ben, 53, starred in. He said, ‘We gotta do something together. I want you to write something for me,’” Mike said of Steven. “At the time, we b…
Steven Spielberg once blacklisted Ben Affleck from major film project during Gwyneth Paltrow relationship
Ben Affleck reportedly threw Steven Spielberg's son in a pool, leading the director to refuse working with the actor dating his goddaughter Gwyneth Paltrow in the late 1990s.
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- 42% of the sources lean Left, 42% of the sources are Center
42% Center
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C 42%
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