Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez Score Millions for Super Bowl Commercial (Exclusive)
etonline.comBen Affleck is running to the bank on Dunkin’! The 50-year-old actor turned his obsession with the brand into a lucrative multimillion-dollar deal.A source tells ET that the actor-director signed a deal with Dunkin' Donuts worth «over $10 million dollars.» In addition to the paycheck, Affleck's partnership with the franchise includes a donation to his non-profit, the Eastern Congo Initiative.
As for his wife, Jennifer Lopez's, cameo in Sunday's Dunkin' Super Bowl spot, the source tells ET that her «involvement in the commercial was a total surprise.»«When she showed up to set, Ben told her to go through the drive-thru and film something,» says the source. «Dunkin’ loved the interaction and added it to the ad.”The source adds that the 53-year-old star's appearance in the commercial garnered her „just over a $1 million dollar paycheck.“A post shared by Dunkin’ (@dunkin)Decades before his seven-figure payday, Affleck also got a check from another doughnut shop.
The Oscar winner once told ET that his first paycheck was for washing dishes at a doughnut shop in Boston.»My very first paycheck I got — got a job as a dishwasher, in high school.
Croissant du Jour, which is no longer in business in Boston. It was basically like a doughnut shop. They were trying to act cool," Affleck told ET in 2003 of the gig. «A $130.
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