A video of Ben Affleck speaking Spanish in an interview has gone viral.
's eldest daughter Violet Affleck—14 at the time and now 17—improve her own Spanish skills for school.
"She's gotten to the grade where she's like in the harder Spanish classes and she's getting better and she's like right at the point where I think she might be passing me," joked Affleck, who has since married."And that was when I was like, 'Nope, this is not happening. I don't mind that I can't do your math homework and you're 14 years old, but you are not gonna be better at Spanish than me.
Affleck noted how he's run into criticism of his Spanish skills from fluent Spanish speakers."The problem with Spanish is that you learn a bunch of words, like I learn all these words, in Mexico, some good, some ya know. And then you go somewhere else, like you go to Spain or you go to South America and they're like, 'No, that's not Spanish.'"Affleck is not the only celeb who has surprised fans with his multilingual skills.
Bullock has showcased her foreign language skills onstage, including at the 2012 Oscars, where she presented the Best Foreign Language Film award in German.
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