The movie might have failed, but at least it brought us Bennifer.
Affleck admitted that, in general,just “doesn’t work” as a movie, even after the five weeks of reshoots. “It's a sort of horse's head in a cow's body.” Affleck said the studio really “latched” onto the film because of the public’s reaction to his relationship with Lopez. They assumed that the tabloid coverage and interest would transfer over to a romantic comedy starring the pair. But as Affleck said, it was a “bad idea.
“It became a story in and of itself,” he said. “The funny name, the Jennifer Lopez romance and overexposure of that, it was kind of a perfect storm.” Affleck recalled talking with the film’s director, Martin Brest, the day it came out. “I was like it's just spectacular, it's a tsunami, it couldn't be worse. This is asStill, Affleck did gain some knowledge from the whole experience.
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