Ben Affleck says he relates to his latest film character’s dating woes following his divorce from Jennifer Lopez.
In recent press junket for the upcoming movie, The Accountant 2, the actor revealed that his character, Christian Wolff, struggles to flirt with women.
“That was one of the fun things about this thing. The idea that, here’s a guy who’s trying to figure out – he wants to have a relationship with a woman, he’s trying to figure out how to do that, like, how to put yourself out there.”
The Argo director added, “You know, he’s not comfortable extending himself. He doesn’t really know how to flirt exactly. He’s not comfortable, like so many of us.”
Affleck then explained he connects with that awkward experience.
“It’s not easy for anyone figuring out relationships, particularly at the very early part, where you’re trying to gauge, ‘What does this signal mean? Is this person looking at me? Do they like me? Am I going to humiliate myself if I go over there?'”
The recently single Affleck recently broke his silence about his divorce with ex-wife Jennifer Lopez in a GQ interview. “There’s no scandal, no soap opera, no intrigue,” he said of the couple’s breakup.
“I guess there’s a tendency to look at breakups and want to identify root causes or something,” he told the publication. “But honestly, like I said, the truth is much more quotidian than probably people would believe or would be interesting.”
Affleck and Lopez tied the knot in July of 2022 and finalised their divorce in January of 2025 after months of speculation about the pair’s relationship status.
The Air star was married to Jennifer Garner from 2005 to 2018. The amicable exes co-parent their three children Violet, Seraphina and Samuel.
The Accountant 2 is set to hit theatres on April 23. – New York Daily News/Tribune News Service
