Ben Affleck says friend warned against doing The Batman: 'You'll drink yourself to death'
opens up about how his struggle with sobriety has impacted his work in film, including his high-profile departure as the current DC movie universe’s Batman.
“I drank relatively normally for a long time,” Affleck says in the interview. “What happened was that I started drinking more and more when my marriage was falling apart. This was 2015, 2016. My drinking, of course, created more marital problems.”“the biggest regret of my life,” before digging into how difficulties in his personal life led to big changes in his career, especially with his stint as Batman.
The dissolution of Affleck’s marriage ran parallel to his time as the Caped Crusader, with plans for him to direct, co-write, and star in what would become
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