Well, these are dangerous waters Ben Affleck is wading into… According to a really surprising scoop from The Hollywood Reporter on Friday, none other than Jennifer Garner is in talks to star as the female lead in Ben’s next directing effort.
We know, right? The man actually cast his ex-wife in a movie?! WILD!! It’s especially shocking when you realize he’s been directing for a decade and a half and never put her in any of his pictures before, not while they were married.
Now that they’re divorced and the best of pals? Yeah, he’s got a juicy role for her! Per the trade, Animals is a crime thriller set up with Netflix, all about a politician and his wife whose child is kidnapped.
Jen plays the wife, and — further complicating this already bonkers story — her husband will be played by Matt Damon!
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