OPPORTUNITY KNOCKED AT EVERY TURN; BEN AFFLECK MAY SEEM TO HAVE A SCATTERSHOT CAREER, ACTING IN BOTH INDIE AND BLOCKBUSTER FILMS. BUT IN HIS AFFABLE WAY, HE CLEARLY KNOWS WHAT HE WANTS.

March 7th, 1999

BY: Amy Wallace

Ben Affleck likes money as much as the next guy, but for a friend, he’ll still work cheap.

Consider the small role the 26-year-old actor took in Billy Bob Thornton’s upcoming comedy “Daddy and Them,” whose entire budget — about $ 4 million — is dwarfed by Affleck’s current asking price. Last fall, Affleck spent two days on Thornton’s Arkansas set. Affleck’s fee for portraying a Chicago lawyer: next to nothing. Click to continue »