Ben Affleck rejects the concept Kevin Costner remembered him and shut buddy Matt Damon as extras on Costner's 1989 film Discipline of Desires.

"Kevin is being sort saying he remembers us, as a result of we weren’t memorable," Affleck insisted on Wednesday's episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live. "We had been, like, simply annoying — you already know what I imply? — and there have been lots of people there. It's candy of him to say that, however I'm fairly certain he remembers, like, the actors with strains."

The sports activities film filmed in Affleck's first few years of incomes skilled credit, and he was desirous to work when he might.

"We had been, you already know, critical actors from a really younger age," he advised Kimmel, "and so, we bought to know the native casting particular person in Boston, who would solid when a film got here to city. Like Discipline of Desires, you already know, they wanted extras, and so we might go do additional work, as a result of we wished to be actors."

Whereas Affleck was assured that Costner didn't bear in mind him, he definitely remembered Costner.

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"It was, like, seeing, you already know, God. Him and James Earl Jones," Affleck stated of Costner's costar.

The Argo actor and director joked that he'd wished to ask Jones, who'd performed Darth Vader within the Star Wars franchise, to name him Luke or say he's his father.

"We went and it was like two days in Fenway Park. Every little thing about it felt so large time, and I bear in mind, we thought we knew that actors had been sort of fraudulent, and Costner took batting apply."

They realized that they shouldn't underestimate the Bull Durham star's expertise on the sector.

"And I’ll say, he banged a bunch of balls off the Inexperienced Monster," Affleck stated. "Hit a ball out of the park."

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He then segued right into a reminiscence of Damon that Kimmel, who's had a humorous fake feud with Damon operating for years, really loved.

"Twenty years later, I used to be wanting by an interview of Matt," Affleck stated. "After which I see him on this interview say, 'Yeah I took batting apply at Fenway Park, and I hit the ball off the Inexperienced Monster.' I used to be like, 'Matt are you remembering your self as Kevin Costner?'"

Kimmel stated that sounded appropriate.

Affleck has a much bigger function in his newest undertaking, The Accountant 2, which arrives in theaters Friday.

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