Affleck Wants Kevin Smith for ‘Daredevil 2’
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) – Despite the success of his comic book-inspired “Daredevil,” Ben Affleck is apprehensive to return for a sequel.
“I don’t know about ‘Daredevil 2.’ That may be too much work for me,” Affleck tells Zap2it.com. “It was a very difficult movie to make.”
“Daredevil” stars the 31-year-old actor as Matt Murdock, a blind lawyer who moonlights as a red-suited vigilante. The film, which was released on Valentine’s Day, earned over $100 million in the U.S.
Affleck says he may change his mind if longtime friend, filmmaker and comic book writer Kevin Smith was behind the sequel. Or if Jennifer Garner asked him to.
“I think that Kevin is the guy who should be behind it. He’d really do the best job,” he says.
It wouldn’t be the first collaboration for the friends. Affleck has appeared in Smith’s “Mallrats,” “Chasing Amy,” “Dogma,” “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back” and “Jersey Girl,” which will be released sometime next year.
For fans still hoping to see him in red latex, the actor says that he’d consider appearing in the spin-off “Elektra,” which stars his “Daredevil” love interest Garner in the title role.
“I would do some sort of cameo in Jen’s movie. But she’d have to plead with me,” he quips.
Affleck next appears opposite Uma Thurman in John Woo’s sci-fi thriller “Paycheck” opening Christmas Day.
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