10:21 am, September 17th, 2013
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(NBC)
Ben Affleck discussed the backlash to his casting as Batman on Monday’s “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.”
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After an adorable conversation about their respective children, the actor-director told the host about his excitement for the Man of Steel sequel — despite many fans’ very vocal criticism.
Affleck told Fallon that producers anticipated a backlash and sent him some of the attacks on previous Batman-related castings to prepare him.
“I’m a big boy… I can handle any snub,” he joked, referring to this year’s Oscars.
But when Affleck actually did look at the first Internet reactions to the announcement… well, he wished he hadn’t.
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