Ben Affleck opens up on 'humiliating myself' whereas line dancing in The Accountant 2, was roasted by co-stars

Jun 03, 2025 05:47 PM IST

Ben Affleck is returning as Christian Wolff in The Accountant 2. The actor spoke about his dance sequence within the movie at a latest interplay.

Ben Affleck is again on the display as Christian Wolff in The Accountant 2, the sequel to the 2016 movie. The actor reprises his position because the autistic accountant laundering cash for essentially the most harmful criminals on the planet. But even because the world round him will get murkier and darker, Ben’s character breaks out right into a dance within the movie. A quite surprising sequence within the movie sees Christian line dancing. Ben addressed the sequence in a latest interplay with choose media, which was attended by HT.

Ben Affleck is returning as Christian Wolff in The Accountant 2.

Ben Affleck on line dancing in The Accountant 2

When requested in regards to the surprising dance sequence, Ben quipped, “America doesn’t expect it. America wasn’t asking for it, but they’re going to get it.”

The actor added that it was a ‘massive swing’ for his character and a enjoyable alternative for him to strive one thing new. “That was one of the fun things about this thing, the idea that here’s a guy who’s trying to figure out, he wants to have a relationship with a woman, he’s trying to figure out how to do that, like how to put yourself out there. He’s not comfortable extending himself, he doesn’t really know how to flirt exactly, he’s not comfortable.”

Ben stated that what Christian felt at that second was relatable. “Like so many of us, it’s not easy for anyone figuring out relationships, particularly the very early part where you’re trying to gauge like, ‘What does this signal mean? Is this person looking at me? Do they like me? Am I going to humiliate myself if I go over there’,” stated the actor.

For Ben, line dancing was his character’s approach to do one thing he was snug with. But the actor himself was means out of his consolation zone there. “It required a lot of me. I probably am not going to get a lot more demands from my line dancing work. I don’t know. The phone hasn’t rung yet. But it was really fun,” he stated with amusing, including cheekily, “Luckily for me, it wasn’t supposed to be good, at least.”

Ben’s co-stars stated they had been shocked to see that aspect of him on set. Jon Bernthal, who performs Braxton, Christian’s brother, admitted to roasting the actor. “This is a disaster,” he recalled, saying on the set, and even telling crew members playfully, “There’s no way this is making the movie. Why are we even here?”

About The Accountant 2

Directed by Gavin O’Connor and written by Bill Dubuque, The Accountant 2 additionally stars Cynthia Addai-Robinson, JK Simmons, and Daniella Pineda. After a restricted launch within the US, The Accountant 2 will launch on Amazon Prime Video globally on June 5.

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