The actor-and-director, Ben Affleck, has finally reached the “pinnacle” of his career.
Appearing on US morning show ‘Good Morning America’, Entertainment Weekly editor Jess Cagle explained: “We’ve watched him grow up. He has really reached his pinnacle.”
The 40-year-old ‘Daredevil’ star – who burst onto the acting scene 15 years ago in ‘Good Will Hunting’ – is delighted with the honour, particularly because he wants to make his family, wife Jennifer Garner, daughters Violet, six, and Seraphina, three, and nine-month-old Samuel, proud.
Ben told Entertainment Weekly: “Being at a place in my life and my career where I know what I’m trying to do, it’s different than being 26. When you’re younger and have the early success that I had – it sounds like the worst Hallmark cliche – but I didn’t have anyone to share it with.
“I don’t mean I wanted someone to sit by the fire with. But when you have a family and children, you kind of see yourself reflected in them. I want to make the kinds of movies that my kids are proud of. I have higher standards, in a way, for them.”
Fellow Hollywood star George Clooney, 51, praised Ben for re-emerging on the Hollywood A-list after several rocky years, which included starring in numerous widely panned films and a high profile engagement to singer-and-actress Jennifer Lopez, 43, that was eventually called off.
George said: “Hollywood loves a comeback, and he’s an unbelievable comeback kid.”
Ben has transitioned from in front of the screen to behind it, helming critically-acclaimed films such as ‘Gone Baby Gone’, ‘The Town’ and this year’s ‘Argo’, which is being tipped for Oscar contention.
