Ben Affleck

So we met him way back this, 25 years ago or something like that.

So we met him back then, and Ben did a movie of his in 2004, I think.

So we've known Joe for a really long time and kind of been in touch with him over the years, and he just sent this to us.

We read it, and we thought it was great.

and bought it for the company.

And then we started talking to Joe about, you know, how he saw it, you know, how he wanted to do it.

And he suggested that we actually do the movie.

And we were like, yeah, why don't we do it?

Yeah, that's the thing.

Like a lot of people say that they.

would wanna do it, but now the template exists, so it's like plug and play.

So if you're not full of shit and you really do mean that, then guess what, just take this and go do it.

Into a movie with us.

I did this interview with Dwayne Johnson because when people are in these awards things, they sometimes have other actors interview them.

I did this interview with Dwayne, and I asked him, there's this scene in The Smashing Machine where he's overdosed on drugs and his buddy comes to see him in the hospital.

Yeah.

And it really walloped me, this scene.

I thought it was so great.

And I asked him, and I was just like, can you just tell me about this scene?

Like, did Benny Safdie direct it?