Ben Affleck and BFF Matt Damon step out on the red carpet for the premiere of their new movie The Accountant 2 held during 2025 SXSW Film Festival on Saturday (March 8) at the Paramount Theatre in Austin, Tex.
The longtime friends are both producers on the upcoming sequel, while Ben also reprises his role as Christian Wolff.
Also in attendance at the world premiere were Ben‘s co-stars Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Daniella Pineda, Allison Robertson, Grant Harvey, Presley Alexander, Vincent Juskalian and Avery Taylor, and director Gavin O’Connor.
While on stage at the event after the screening, Ben talked about his line dancing and jokingly compared it to Tom Cruise doing his own stunts in movies.
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“For me, the challenge, of course, was the months and months I spent training to line dance. It was a stunt for me,” he said, via Variety. “Tom Cruise has nothing on me.” As the audience cheered at the joke, he sheepishly added, “In terms of line dancing.”
Gavin asked those in attendance not to post spoilers online and Ben cracked another joke, “Please don’t talk about my nude scene.”
Gavin responded, “There was a nude scene but we cut it. He practiced line dancing in front of the mirror,” to which Ben then said, “It was a choice! I liked it!”
If you missed it, be sure to check out the trailer for The Accountant 2 and catch it in theaters on April 25th!
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