Just thought I'd post this here. It's an interview by Diane Lane talking about the movie she just finished filming with Ben. There's also a mention of Jen, which I thought was particularly sweet.
Props to
Meglilly over at Ben-fan, for posting this.
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Diane Lane on Her Character in “Truth, Justice, and the American Way:” “Her name is Toni Mannix and that is such a great name. I just can’t believe it wasn’t fictitious. It was a real woman named Toni Mannix and she was the paramour of George [Reeves]. She was the wife of the general manager of MGM, but in the ‘50s they found a way to make arrangements. George and she were a couple for nearly a decade. Quite a while, eight years.”
On Ben Affleck as George Reeves: “He’s great. It was interesting because it was right in that moment prior to he and Jennifer [Garner] getting married. He’s just so charming and so in love and so happy. I was just really happy for him because it’s a great role.
He had a really good time. I know he had a really good time delving into this character. The truth is stranger than fiction so we’re making this quasi-nonfiction movie. We’re telling the various possible scenarios of what occurred there. This guy had three autopsies performed on him so that’s why it behooves a movie to be made about his story.”
Does “Truth, Justice, and the American Way” Solve the Mystery of Reeves’ Death?: “I think it’s left up to the audience to form [an opinion], which I think is much more interesting. Even us as actors were going, ‘Do you really think she arranged for him to be killed? I mean, come on.’ So and so saying this and various people, some saying he did kill himself but then why would he arrange his life in such a way right before doing it? It doesn’t seem like an off the cuff decision.”
Ben Affleck and Reeves-isms: “He’d always say ‘faster than a speeding bullet’ and I wanted to tell him, ‘That wasn’t his character talking. That was the announcer talking.’ But he loved the sound of it. He’d say it all the time and he’d crack us all up. We just would crack up. We had a great time.”