Batman departure, Affleck's movie about a down-on-his-luck alcoholic who becomes a high-school basketball coach is exactly the role Affleck, and his career needed.
Like the movie's name, it's a bit of a comeback story for him as well. Affleck has already gone through several personal evolutions. With an early career dominated by cult classic Daredevil, Gigli, and Surviving Christmas, he thought his career as he knew it was over.
During a recentArgo 8 years later.
Affleck had (mostly) shaken his old image and was now being taken more seriously after writing, directing, and starring in multiple highly praised projects from Gone Baby Gone and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
Affleck Live by Night. As the DCEU troubles continued, Live by Night also flopped.
By the time Justice League was done, Affleck was Affleck understandably strongly s considering the nature of his exit, but it also meant the focus was exclusively on his past.
That's where The Way Back comes in. even generating some early awards buzz, but its release was also accompanied by a PR blitz. For a few weeks, Affleck was everywhere from the New York Times to Diane Sawyer to ESPN and Jimmy Kimmel and GQ talking about The Way Back, which also meant talking about his own "way back" and was finally able to paint a bright picture of his current health and future outlook.
While Affleck has shown he still has a lot to offer, getting people excited about his future projects once more.
