Impilo kaBen's's Offere ishintshile kuze kube phakade, lapho ineminyaka engama-26 yaphenduka umnikazi ka-Oscar ngesimo esihle kakhulu sefilimu ethi "Umnitsa izozingela". Kepha uma, emva kwalokho, umlingani wakhe eRibe Maton waba nesithakazelo ezindimeni eziyinkimbinkimbi ngokwengeziwe (ngokwesibonelo, "ethalenteni likaMnu. Ryan" noma "ukonga uRyan"), khona-ke umgadli wahlatshwa umxhwele ngamaphrojekthi wesabelomali esiphakeme.
Umsebenzi omkhulu olandelayo womlingisi waba "i-Amagedoni", ngenxa yesihloko sefilimu ka-1998, namanye amaBlockbusters anenombolo ehlaba umxhwele yemiphumela ekhethekile eyalandelwa. Kepha manje uBen uveza ukuthi izikhathi lapho enza khona emsebenzini walolo lwamafilimu, wayevele edluliselwa ngokungenakuphikiswa. Engxoxweni entsha, i-Affeck ithe:
"Ngicabanga izinsuku ze-" Amagedoni "zami zaqhubeka ngemuva. Ngithakazelisa kakhulu kubantu ongazixhuma nabo, futhi angisekho isifiso sokwenza okuthile okuvele kucashunwa ukungikhohlisa. "
U-Affleck wengeze ukuthi eminyakeni yakhe engama-48 ngeke esadlala izinhlamvu ezincane, ngaphandle kwalokho, manje kuhloswe ngazo ukuthi ahlungwe ngemidwebo, okuzojabula ukubona izingane zakhe ngentokozo.
Vele, okungenani uBen anqume ukubopha nge-blockbuster, ungakhohlwa ukuthi lapho ubhekene neqhaza le-batman ku-DC. Futhi nokho kwacaca ukuthi manje umdwebi uhlela ukuhola kakhulu kukho konke okuphathelene nemisebenzi yakhe, futhi agxile kulabo babo ukuthi ubudlelwane bangaphakathi buzizwa.