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‘The Way Back’: Ben Affleck’s Most Emotional Role Proves To Be His Comeback on Personal and Professional Front

Gavin O’Connor has given us a pair of stellar sports films in Miracle and Warrior along with an interesting character study of an autistic-accountant-assassin in 2016’s The Accountant led by a solid Ben Affleck.To no one’s surprise, the two coming together again for a sports drama, The Way Back, which centers on a high school […]

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Jennifer Garner Urged Director to Still Make The Way Back After Ben Affleck’s Relapse

Ben Affleck‘s film The Way Back had an early cheerleader on the sidelines — his ex-wife Jennifer Garner.The director of the film, Gavin O’Connor, spoke to 34th Street Magazine, a student publication at the University of Pennsylvania, about the actress’s influence on the film after Affleck, 47, relapsed in 2018.“So, what happened was, just as […]

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Ben Affleck Plays a Basketball Coach on a Road to Redemption in New The Way Back Trailer

Ben Affleck is a troubled man seeking redemption in the powerful new trailer for The Way Back.In the drama, from Warrior director Gavin O’Connor, the actor, 47, plays Jake Cunningham, a former basketball phenom who, for reasons unknown, walked away from the game.Years later he’s asked to coach the basketball team for his alma mater.In […]

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