UNCUT | Ben Affleck Defends His 3 Most Controversial Takes

In this episode of SubwayTakes Uncut, Ben Affleck (Netflix's Animals, The Rip, Gone Girl, Good Will Hunting, The Town, Argo, The Accountant 1 & 2, Daredevil, Pearl Harbor, need we go on listing his iconic film career?) sits down with Kareem Rahma and breaks down his hottest takes on promoting movies, getting bad photographs taken of you, and sad vs. tragic events!
Ben also talks about:
- Being Kareem's dream guest
- Constantly being called Matt Damon
- Being boring
- And loving Austin Butler

0:00 Intro
0:30 Ben Affleck is in TOO MANY good movies
0:54 Ben Affleck is Kareem's dream guest
2:41 Ben Affleck joins the train
3:04 Take #1 Promoting a movie by doing interviews actually makes it harder for people to like your movie
3:54 Ben doesn't think he is illusive
4:34 "Love your movies, Ben!"
5:20 Ben gets called Matt Damon all the time
6:29 Ben thinks he is mostly boring
7:04 Ben and Kareem have iPhone faces
7:40 Austin Butler praise
8:15 Take #2 You should never be photographed eating or smoking
9:12 The gum doesn't work...but nicotine pouches do
9:30 A subway rider gives Kareem and Ben a Zyn
10:25 Kareem is only going to smoke for one year
10:52 Why do Ben's pictures overshadow his work? He do be spilling a lot though...
12:15 Why Ben Affleck is Kareem's dream guest
13:10 Mitch met Ben Affleck today
13:22 Ben is the beleaguered man and he is an inspiration to all men
14:45 When Kareem started understanding Ben Affleck
16:05 Kareem makes Ben Affleck feel known for the first time
16:55 Ben's new movie Animals is about performative self
17:31 Take #3 Something can be very sad, but not tragic
18:27 It's okay to be performative
19:20 Young people need to read Sex for Dummies
20:25 "So What's Your Take?"
21:03 Takes on Takes

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