It was a privilege for Ben, too, whose production company with Matt Damon helped fund the film.
“When we started Artists Equity, part of what we wanted to do was be a financier of movies and produce movies that we really believed in, that we saw had real potential that maybe other people wouldn’t,” he continued. “I think the business has become more gun shy in some ways—people going to the theater less, and all sorts of reasons.”
Casting Jennifer—with whom Ben finalized his divorce after three years of marriage in January—Diego Luna and Tonatiuh, plus bringing on director Bill Condon, “was a no brained,” Ben added. “I’m hugely proud of it.”
