Ben Affleck has had its fair share of high salaries, but that of Gigli I never felt appropriate.

“Look, I’ve been in movies like Giglithis is a famous example. I got a big cash salary for that, the 52-year-old actor said in an interview with Deadline published on Tuesday, November 12. “Well, in retrospect it doesn’t look good because they lost money. »

Affleck starred in the 2003 romantic comedy alongside his now separated wife, Jennifer Lopez. The film only grossed $7.2 million at the worldwide box office, compared to a reported budget of over $75 million. Not only Gigli underperforming at the box office, but it received a series of negative reviews from critics.

“It wasn’t the most losing movie in history, although it was perhaps the most famous bomb in history,” Affleck continued. “However, this does not suit me. But it also doesn’t sit well with people when they go, wait a minute, we’ve all made sacrifices to get into it. And then the old story of the $10 million movie that made $200 million and no one saw a dime.

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Even though Affleck isn’t comfortable with the salary he received from Gigli, he shared that he wanted to make sure “fairness” was involved with him and his friend. Matt Damonthe production company Artists Equity.

“That’s a core principle that Matt and I are really drawn to: creating a fair deal for everyone that they can live with through success, failure, or anywhere on the spectrum,” he explained. “The side benefit of this, for many of us who care and do it, the dirty little secret is that many of us would do it for free. But we don’t want to be exploited for it either. It’s a beautiful, wonderful, lucky way to make a living.

Affleck and Damon, 54, founded Artists Equity in November 2022. The duo’s first project under the conglomerate was their film Air. They also worked on Lopez’s musical documentary film, The greatest love story ever toldand the drama Little things like these featuring Cillian Murphy. Artists Equity also currently has the sequel to Affleck’s film The accountant in addition to two projects with Lopez55 years old, in preparation.

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Although the film has plenty of happy memories — like his connection with Lopez — Affleck has been candid over the years about the lessons he learned. Gigli.

“The truth about this movie and what it taught me is how everything surrounding a movie kind of dictates how people see it. But given that it’s a movie that’s such a famous bomb and disaster, very few people have actually seen the movie,” he told Weekly Entertainment in January 2022. “Besides, it doesn’t work. It’s a sort of horse’s head in a cow’s body. And the studio at the time, because I had started to have this relationship with Jennifer Lopez, who was selling a lot of magazines and seemed to be generating a lot of enthusiasm, they just latched on, as you would expect,” They want a romantic comedy.” They want both together. Even more of that! »