Recently, the famous actor Ben Affleck participated in the New Heights podcast. He talked about his life, and the participants also discussed his new film Animals.
The host asked what inspired the images presented in the film. Affleck explained that his son is "obsessed with Fortnite," and he also plays video games himself:
I also, you know, play video games, first-person shooters. And I think I play pretty well. Sometimes I try to have fun, I go into the game - and 12-year-old kids just trash me. I come out, and they immediately kill me and then start mocking me, saying things like "You're a ***." And in the end, I start arguing with them: "Go to hell, I'm not a ***, I'm a grown man."
Ben Affleck also spoke about the high cost of skins. His son showed him expensive cosmetic content - the actor doesn't understand why such things can cost hundreds of dollars:
I realize I'm getting old when I watch my son scroll through skins and stuff, and he says, "Oh, this one's cool." And I'm like, "This is cool?" - and there's a guy in a hat with bunny ears - and I ask, "Is that, like, fashionable?" And I thought these costumes were so unusual and random. That's what I based the costume designs [for the movie] on. One day my son asked for a Christmas present: "Can you buy me these Fortnite skins?" and they cost 300 bucks. And I'm like, "That much for skins? They're not even real, you can just wear them in the game." And he explained that "they're limited edition." That's ******.
The actor is passionate not only about the shooter Valorant, but also about sports simulators 2K, as well as Madden NFL.