Ben Affleck reflects on the iconic 'Sad Affleck' meme and how it's impacted his children

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Ben Affleck has opened up about the now-iconic video of him sadly staring off into spaceduring a press junket interview for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.In a new interview Affleck admitted that though he thought the memes sparked by the video were funny, he is now more concerned about the affects it had on his children.The six-year-old video - featuring a melancholy soundtrack -shows Affleck, 49, alongside co-star Henry Cavill as they are told that the movie is getting mixed reviews.And while Cavill launches into a professional response, Affleck turns his gaze down with a look of utter dismay.

The video - which went viral overnight - was quickly turned into a parody, as YouTuber Sabconth added in a collage of negative headlines from review articles, as well as Simon and Garfunkel's song The Sound of Silence.The actor opened up about the meme and his public perception to the Los Angeles Times, saying,'I got to a place where [the public perception] was so different from who I am that I just stopped reading and stopped caring.' Sad: Ben Affleck, 49, has opened up about the now-iconic video of him sadly staring off into space during a press junket interview for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Contemplating it all: The six-year-old video shows Affleck alongside co-star Henry Cavill as they are told that the movie is getting mixed reviewsHe went on to say he was concerned about his kids - Violet, 16, Seraphina, 13, and Samuel, 9 - being affected by it. 'But then, as my kids got older and started seeing the internet themselves, that’s the difficult part.