Ben Affleck didn’t know that Jennifer Garner was going to make that divorce joke in Deadpool & Wolverine. Director Shaun Levy mentioned that they vetted the joke with the 13 Going On 30 actress however didn’t run it by the Batman v. Superman actor in any respect.
Within the movie, Jennifer Garner reprises her function as Elektra from the 2003 movie Daredevil the place Affleck performed the titled blind hero. Deadpool presents his sympathies for Daredevil, who can be Elektra’s love curiosity. She shrugs and says, “It’s advantageous.” On Josh Horowitz’s podcast “Completely happy Unhappy Confused” , Levy advised the host that the joke wasn’t ran by Affleck. “That joke was not, so far as I do know, vetted by Ben,” the director mentioned. “However we made clear to Jen — as we made clear to everybody — every thing’s on the desk in Deadpool.”
Levy later clarified that he did discuss to Affleck about one other occasion within the flim. “I later spoke with Ben as a result of the tip credit have this tribute reel to the legacy of FOX Marvel films and in order that gave us the event to talk to everybody as a result of we would have liked and wished everybody’s permission,” he mentioned.
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Affleck and Garner met on the set of Daredevil and Pearl Harbor and later married in 2005. They finalized their divorce in 2018 and Affleck reunited along with his former flame Jennifer Lopez. Lopez and Affleck are at present within the information cycle as going by means of divorce rumors after they married in 2022.
Levy additionally talked with Selection about they have been about to incorporate Ben Affleck within the field workplace smash film. “Early on, once we have been a 70-name menu of Marvel characters, Daredevil was on a type of lists, however by no means since these earliest of conversations, and by no means to the purpose of outreach or presents or something like that,” he mentioned. “We made contact with everybody featured within the Fox tribute reel midway by means of our finish credit — and that’s dozens of actors who’ve been part of that legacy. That was enjoyable to construct a love letter to these years, these characters, and all of the actors who performed them.”
