“It was like minus 50”: Director of Brad Pitt’s $15 Million Blockbuster Put Casey Affleck Through Living Hell to Film One Crucial Scene in Extreme Temperatures

Matt Damon and Casey Affleck are busy promoting their latest venture The Instigators which also stars Hong Chau and Jack Harlow. The movie features high-stakes action and tricky sequences that keep the viewers on the edge of their seats. As in most movies, the tipping point brings them closer to danger as they run to save their lives.

Directed by Doug Liman, the movie was released on AppleTV+ on August 2, 2024. It has received mostly positive views to date while some viewers felt the story could have had more substance.

Casey Affleck shares terrible experience filming a scene in a Brad Pitt movie

While many people think actors live a lavish life with everything at their fingertips, there’s a flip side to it all where they work day and night just to get one shot perfectly right for the director. Actor Casey Affleck recently shed light on one of the most terrible experiences he has had on sets of a movie.

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During the production schedule of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Affleck had to film a scene in the dead of winter at night. He performed that monologue well during the auditions, but just couldn’t seem to get it right on camera. Recalling the same, Affleck told Collider,

We were in the Rockies in Canada at night in the winter and it’s period clothing I’m not complaining I’m just saying those are the circumstances. It was like minus 50 and I had to deliver this monologue that I already had done success felt like I’d done well in the audition process.

I was not doing it and the director was a Madman for like do a thousand takes and I just thought I couldn’t feel my face, I couldn’t feel my limbs and I was like having to say it over and over and over and over again. I was looking around at the faces of the crew and everyone hating me for not getting it right and then finally, you know the sun came up.

Directed by Andrew Dominik, the movie follows Robert Ford who sees Jesse James as his role model. While he initially tries to be close to him and learn from him, Ford soon hatches a man to murder James. With Brad Pitt and Affleck leading the cast, the movie went on to do well at the box office and received positive reviews.

Are Casey Affleck and Matt Damon friends?

Everyone knows about the bromance between Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. Ever since Good Will Hunting swept the Oscars and became a cult classic flick, the duo have been friends beyond compare. Throughout their lives, from failure and divorce to successful ventures and fun, Affleck and Damon have shared everything.

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Similarly, Casey Affleck is also a part of their friend group. The Affleck brothers maintain a great relationship and so does Damon with Casey. The Instigators is not the first time Damon and Casey have collaborated, having worked together previously on the Ocean’s movies and Manchester by the Sea. The three actors are pretty close to each other even though it’s rare to see competing actors be on such great terms with each other.

The Instigators is streaming on AppleTV+.