Cha-ching: Catch Ben in Paycheck
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The premise of Ben Affleck's latest film vehicle (and I don't mean the BMW motorcycle he commandeers confidently in the movie), is that his character has the unique experience of having his memory repeatedly "erased." In Paycheck, the John Woo-directed sci-fi actioner, Affleck plays an engineer who deconstructs and rebuilds proprietary technology in a fiercely competitive and malevolent industry of the future.
Indeed, the tabloid-trodden Affleck, 31, might like to erase some recent rather unbecoming behavior: alcohol rehab, grandstanding romance with Jennifer Lopez, strip club canoodling, weddings snafus and a spectacular box office bomb in Gigli. Despite all that unwieldly baggage, the Academy Award-winning screenwriter (who took home the statue with cowriter and childhood friend Matt Damon for Good Will Hunting in 1998), may just redeem himself in the public eye with Paycheck, based on a novel by acclaimed writer Philip K. Dick and costarring Uma Thurman.
Women.com talked to Affleck about Paycheck, the Red Sox, his buddy Matt and the Mouseketeers, success and singing in the shower... plus a whole lot more. Read on for news from the humbler, happier boy from Beantown.