Call him Señor Affleck.
In a video recently posted on TikTok, and which has become particularly viral, Ben Affleck impressed his audience by speaking in almost perfect Spanish.
Very comfortable in his gestures, he even joked naturally in the language of Cervantes, rolling the Rs without flinching in an unexpected and quite disconcerting metamorphosis.
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Broadcast on Monday April 3 by Spanish radio Cadena SER, this interview is an opportunity for the Oscar-winning actor to explain the thought process behind his new film,
Air
, a sports drama he is directing which chronicles the revolutionary partnership established between NBA legend Michael Jordan and footwear giant Nike.
Affleck thus interprets the role of billionaire Phil Knight, alongside his eternal accomplice Matt Damon in the role of Sonny Vaccaro, director of sports marketing for the brand.
“What is important to understand is that this is not the story of Michael Jordan, he does not even appear in the film”, thus declares the husband of Jennifer Lopez in Spanish facing the camera, adding that the basketball player is “so big, so important, so magnificent that there is not an actor in the world who could be chosen to play him”.
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A year in Mexico
The 50-year-old Boston native added that he had so much "respect" for Jordan that he wouldn't have gone ahead with the film's creation without the famous athlete's blessing: "I had the opportunity to speak with him for about an hour, and asked him: “what are the most important parts for you in this story?”.
And he told me…” before pausing to search for words.
“Personaje!”, he then blurts out, helped by an off-camera journalist.
This isn't the first time Affleck has displayed this language skill, he's been speaking Spanish in interviews and on red carpets for a long time.
His Puerto Rican-born wife Jennifer Lopez likely helped with that, but he explained in 2020 that he actually learned the language when he was 13 after spending a year in Mexico filming a TV show. television.
He also shared that his daughter Violet, born to his ex-wife Jennifer Garner, studied Spanish at school and became so good that it encouraged him to improve himself so that it does not exceed it.
The video, posted on Monday April 3, has since been viewed on TikTok more than 2.4 million times, racking up more than 170,000 likes and 5,000 comments.
This sparked a few jokes from netizens, who affectionately nicknamed him “Benito”.
In video,
Air
, by Ben Affleck with Matt Damon, the trailer
