Kevin Smith Criticized Ben Affleck for Excessive Ad-Libbing During the Making of Chasing Amy | Entertainment

Kevin Smith has labored with Ben Affleck on a number of film initiatives, however it appears that evidently whereas engaged on 1997’s Chasing Amy, the director turned so aggravated by Affleck’s fixed ad-libbing that Smith instructed him to place that sort of stuff “in your own f*cking script one day.” Hilariously, Smith famous that Affleck did simply that, resulting in nice acclaim and an Oscar win as well.

Chasing Amy was Smith’s third directorial effort and starred Affleck as Holden McNeil, a comic book guide artist who falls in love with Joey Lauren Adams’ Alyssa, who simply occurs to be a lesbian. The movie, like many of Smith’s motion pictures, was an enormous monetary success, spinning its $250,000 finances right into a $12 million field workplace win.

While talking to EW in a retrospective look again at his profession highlights, Smith touched on Chasing Amy, and his response to Affleck’s over use of ad-libs throughout filming. He mentioned:

“Ben Affleck loves to ad-lib and he ad-libbed like crazy on [ Chasing Amy] . I said, ‘Look dude, I can't stand it. You're always ad-libbing. Like, don't do it, don't make up dialogue. Just do the script as written. If you really want to make up s— and say things, save all that s—, put it in your own f—ing script one day. And he did, and he won an Oscar.”

That Oscar would come courtesy of Good Will Hunting, which additionally received a Golden Globe for Best Screenplay. Despite his many successes – and frequent bouts of ad-libbing – Affleck has appeared in a complete of eight of Smith’s motion pictures, together with more moderen choices similar to Jay and Silent Bob Reboot and Clerks III.

Could Ben Affleck Appear in the Long-Awaited Mallrats 2?

There is each probability that Ben Affleck might make Mallrats 2 one other addition to his collaborations with Smith – if the director can ever get it made. Due to Universal proudly owning the rights to Mallrats, however being unwilling to finance the film, Smith’s plans for the sequel have been in limbo for a while. While the demise of Shannen Doherty earlier this yr virtually led to Smith giving up on the movie totally, he just lately recommended that he'll preserve knocking on the door till he could make it. Speaking to Deadline, he mentioned:

“I believe we’re going again to have a dialogue once more about like, look, you guys are by no means gonna do something with this. Like, however we are able to and would and would and would like to. So are you able to allow us to take it out? We’re not asking Universal to finance it, however it’s identical to, hey, can now we have it so we are able to exit as a result of I can get that film financed in a heartbeat, Mallrats 2.”