“Who the f**k walks like that?”: Not Jennifer Lopez’s Gigli, Matt Damon Was Traumatized after Visiting Another $369M Ben Affleck Movie Set

Matt Damon recently revealed an unexpected film set that genuinely disturbed and “traumatized” him – and surprisingly, it wasn’t the notorious box office disaster Gigli that starred his longtime friend Ben Affleck alongside Jennifer Lopez. Instead, Damon confessed that visiting Affleck on the set of his eventual $369 million smash hit Gone Girl left him deeply unsettled for a time.

Damon explained he was profoundly rattled witnessing Affleck fully immersed in playing the unnerving role of Nick Dunne, the sociopathic protagonist of Gone Girl. The morally bankrupt character was so repellant that Damon admitted he couldn’t shake the creepy Affleck persona for days after his brief set visit.

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Matt Damon was Deeply Disturbed Seeing Affleck Inhabiting a Twisted Character

In a candid interview, screen legend Matt Damon confessed that personally seeing childhood friend Ben Affleck fully immersed in playing the alarming role of Nick Dunne in director David Fincher’s psychological thriller Gone Girl genuinely disturbed him and stuck with him for a while. “That set f**king disturbed me,” Damon confessed.

Damon recounted leaving the set feeling genuinely unsettled after getting an up-close glimpse of Affleck disappearing into the skin of the unethical, deceitful Nick Dunne character, and putting his immoral worldview on display. The darkness rattled Damon.

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Couldn’t Stop Thinking About Affleck’s Chilling, Amoral Performance

Damon admitted that Affleck’s performance as the sociopathic Nick was so disquieting that he couldn’t entirely shake the creepy character from his mind for several days afterward.

“I left thinking, ‘Who the f**k walks like that?'” Damon said. “That character was so repugnant I couldn’t get rid of it.“

Seeing his typically charismatic friend adopt such an insidious mindset had crossed over into an uncanny valley that disturbed Damon and lingered in his memory, affirming how chilling Affleck’s transformation was.

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How Effectively Eerie Affleck’s Acting Was in the Controversial Role

While Gone Girl ignited debates for its perceived misogynistic themes, Matt Damon’s incredibly visceral reaction speaks volumes about how eerily convincing Ben Affleck’s performance was as the story’s twisted, unrepentant anti-hero.

Affleck’s acting to unsettle even his closest friend to that degree affirms he wholly embodied the controversial character without restraint. Damon’s trauma reaction seems to verify Affleck delivered an unnerving, dedicated performance as the film’s morally bankrupt protagonist.

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Matt Damon’s admission that seeing Ben Affleck on the Gone Girl set genuinely disturbed him proves how chilling Affleck’s metamorphosis was for the $369 million box office smash. His old friend couldn’t shake Affleck’s unsettling transformation into the dark, sinister role.

Source: The Digital Fix