Ben Affleck talks about being a recovering alcoholic and his role in 'The Way Back'

Actor Ben Affleck in his recent portrayal of Jack Cunningham in film  Way Back had earned him praises from critics as well as moviegoers. In Way Back, he portrayed character of a former high school basketball star, who had walked away from game only to return as coach of his alma mater’s team.

In movie, audience gets to kw that his character has experienced tremendous pain from his battle with alcoholism, end of his marri and loss of his child. In a recent roundtable discussion with Hollywood Reporter, Ben Affleck talked about how character and movie resonated with him on various levels. 

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Ben Affleck on alcoholism and his character in Way Back 

During discussion, Affleck revealed that he is a recovering alcoholic himself. He furr added that movie is about grief and losing a child. He also called it 'probably worst thing' that one can experience. However, movie and his character is also focuses a lot on alcoholism.

In discussion, Ben Affleck said that alcoholism and compulsive behaviour are t inherently super interesting, but sometimes what is interesting is what a person discovers about mselves during recovery. He furr shared that he feels interesting part is trying to figure out what went wrong, how to fix it and how one would want his life to look and what kind of ethics that he wants to lead life by. Talking about his battles with alcoholism, Ben Affleck shared that he is an alcoholic, he had a relapse and he also went into recovery again.

According to a report by eonline.com, Ben Affleck has publicly discussed his own battles with alcoholism and his sobriety journey in past. Just like his character in Way Back, he has also gone through a separation. He and Jennifer Garner had anunced ir decision to divorce in 2015. former couple had tied kt in 2005 and share children Violet, 15; Seraphina, 12; and Samuel, 8. y officially filed for divorce in 2017 and parted ways next year.

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