The Interview with the Celebrity ' Ben Affleck '

I and my partner Perihan are going to talk about the interview "Ben Affleck". You can click here to listen it yourself.

 In the interview the interviewer is Francine Stock  and the interviewee is Ben Affleck.

  Francine introduces the plot of the film. Ben talks about the characters and the acts in the film in relation to real life, having different duties in the film and consulting the other actor directors about the film during the interview.

  The interview is constructed by Francine with the name of the film “The Town” and Ben Affleck who is both the writer and the director of the film and also plays leading role. Furthermore, the interview goes on voice records in which the opinions of three people about the film. And then Francine Stock mentions that  the cast was nominated for several awards,  the budget of The Town was lower than the previous one “ Gone Baby Gone “ and the general subjects of the film were listed as crime, love story, misfortune around people robbing in the internet.

  The interviewer initially asks Ben Affleck whether he wants to add anything else or not. He says Boston’s real life is covered in the film and this makes the film more interesting. And then he goes on that the protection of the criminals looks bad and immoral but they could have some reasons to convict crime. For instance, John who is a member of the gang convinces the other members to rob the bank by saying why they have to do this.

  Later, the second question is while Ben was a director in his previous film, in The Town how does Ben dare to be both actor being on the screen all the time and director? Ben answers it that “Leading role must be well prepared and the director must be careful about the acts of the character in leading role. I am a person that doesn’t like criticizing others especially in the leading role, so I take it over. “

  The interview continues with the question “Must it be hard for you to look objectively at yourself as a director when you are an actor? “. Ben says “Not much. I can easily balance between two duties. When I have to be director, I stop rolling and vice versa. However, try and try and try makes me exhausted and bored “.

  Afterwards, the interviewer mentions about the opinions related to Ben‘s consulting to the other actor directors before making the film and asks “Did you consult the other actor directors?”. Ben : “ Yes, I did. Because, it makes me tempting and provides me self-confidence when our opinions are almost the same “.

  And then, Francine Stock talks about one point of the film that wearing masks of the robbers is too cliché but masks in this film are very funny and asks the  Ben to say what he thinks about this. Ben explains that it occurs in all films but this is a necessary thing because it enables robbers to see each other more easily and communicate more quickly without being seen by the others.

  If we were the interviewer, we would like to ask these questions:

1. Do you want to continue being both the director and the actor in your next films?
2. Why do you choose the criminal topic in your films - The Town and Gone Baby Gone - and if you make another film, will you select the same topic ? So, what is the message you want to give your spectators?