Ben Affleck is taking the lead role for the upcoming Netflix thriller, Animals, after scheduling conflicts forced out his longtime buddy and collaborator, Matt Damon. Initially set to appear in the movie, Damon dropped out due to his commitment to Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey that clashed with Animals’ production dates.
Damon remains attached to the film as a producer with Affleck and Dani Bernfeld, but it is Affleck who will appear in the movie in the lead role that Damon was initially assigned to.
Story and Cast Lineup
Animals is a thought-provoking thriller with a mayoral candidate and his wife confronted by the kidnapper of their son. Another addition to the film is Gillian Anderson, who made household names in The X-Files, as the female lead. The involvement of Anderson brings great star power into this movie, and the movie promises much enthusiasm as fans can’t stop cheering about her presence in a suspenseful crime story.
Ben Affleck, who was already set to direct the film, now leads the cast in a complex and high-stakes role. Although Affleck’s transition into the lead role of Animals marks a change, his professional relationship with Matt Damon remains strong.
The duo has had a great creative collaboration since 1998 when they won an Academy Award for co-writing Good Will Hunting.
However, the case of Animals will change as Ben Affleck and Matt Damon reunite in the Netflix crime thriller RIP, with Joe Carnahan as the director’s chair. In this new RIP film, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon will share the screen with Steven Yeun, Kyle Chandler, and Teyana Taylor.
Ben Affleck’s Projects
The current career of Affleck is blooming because there are multiple upcoming acting and directorial ventures set to hit screens. He would be featured in The Accountant 2 as well as the recent Air release in 2023, a directing project from him, and was very popular.
Audience waiting for such upcoming projects soon by both, the two.
More still, Gillian Anderson is in another great deal after that is coming in White Bird, Scoop, and The Salt Path in 2024. Work is next assigned to her with the much-awaited Tron: Ares having Jared Leto, Greta Lee, Evan Peters, and Jodie Turner-Smith in cast.
