Ben Affleck reveals that it was the script for Argo that really made him want to get involved in the project.
Affleck is back in the director's chair as well as in front of the camera with this latest political thriller which was written by Chris Terrio.
And the actor admits that he was so amazed by the script that he went straight to producers Grant Heslov and George Clooney keen to get aboard the project.
Speaking to Collider the actor said: "When I got the script, I couldn’t believe how good it was. They said, 'This is our best script,' and I thought that was some executive hyping me on it, but it really was pretty incredible. I was amazed.
"I talked to Grant and George and said, 'Look, I really want to do this. This is amazing!' And they said, 'Okay, great! Let’s do it!'
"So, we took it to Warner Bros. And then, I went back and talked to Chris [Terrio] and said, 'How did you do this?'
"I looked at some documentaries and read some books and thought, 'God, this is really unwieldy. It felt like it should have been a 10-hour mini-series. How did you get that down into a three-act structure?'
It is the first directorial outing for Affleck since The Town back in 2010 and Argo is a movie that is already surrounded in Oscar hype.
The film will be screened at the BFI London Film Festival next week.
Argo is released 7th November.
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