Steven Spielberg weigerte sich, mit Ben Affleck zusammenzuarbeiten, weil es im Familienurlaub zu einer Poolschlacht kam, behauptet der Filmemacher

> „He said, ‚We gotta do something together. I want you to write something for me,'“ Binder said on Stephen Baldwin’s podcast One Bad Movie, noting that the film was partially inspired by a home invasion scare at Spielberg’s house. „At the time, we both lived up in the Palisades, and we were talking about power and struggles, and also he was going through a thing where there was a guy who broke into his house late at night, and was gonna, they found notes. The guy was gonna electrocute Steven, beat him up, and it was just horrible.“

> Binder said that the film was set to enter production at Spielberg’s studio, DreamWorks, with the E.T. filmmaker at the helm. However, the screenwriter said that Spielberg eventually backed out of directing, but wanted to keep the movie at DreamWorks with Binder as director. Binder then met Affleck, who wanted to work with him after seeing The Upside of Anger.

> „We make a deal that he’s gonna do it, we shake hands, he’ll do it,“ Binder said of meeting with Affleck to make Man About Town.

> However, Spielberg said that he wouldn’t allow Affleck to be hired for the film. „I call Steven, Steven says, ‚No. Can’t do it with him. We just bombed with a movie with him, he’s got that whole J-Lo thing going on now, and I have other problems with him,'“ Binder claimed. Binder said that Spielberg accused Affleck of fighting with his son on a family vacation while the Daredevil star was dating the filmmaker’s goddaughter, Gwyneth Paltrow. „‚My son was a little boy, he was playing in the pool, and he got out of the pool, and Ben came in fully dressed, and my son pushed Ben into the pool,'“ he recalled Spielberg telling him. „‚And Ben got really mad at him, and he came out of the pool and picked him up and threw him back into the pool, and made my son cry.'“

tl;dr: One of Spielberg’s sons pushed Affleck into a pool while he was fully clothed. Affleck got angry and threw the kid into the pool, too. Doesn’t say which kid but they could be anywhere from 5-15 yrs old during the time mentioned.

I read Steven Seagal and was very confused

So 6’4” Ben Affleck was shoved into a pool by a little boy?

No wonder we never fully bought him as Batman.

Spielberg needs to grow a pair

Sounds like Ben is a pretty cool dude 😎

I bet his kids walk all over him and anybody else becuase of their daddy. Crap parenting lesson he taught them imo

Some little nepo-brat pushed an adult into a pool fully dressed. If I were his dad I’d be apologizing not enabling. Can’t wait to see how this spoiled rich kid grows up. I suspect he’s not getting a medical degree.

Sounds like the premise of a 7 episode mini series.

„Because Reality… is real, and also the only place you can get a good swim.“

Ngl this shit is funny as hell lol

I have a feeling Steven’s kids get away with doing a lot of things.

I didn’t know Spielberg was such a petty little a hole. Maybe Steven should raise his kids better.

He got in a fight with Spielberg? Was it in the back of a Volkswagen?

I’m with Ben on this one. When I was a kid I sprayed my grandfather with a squirt gun. He waited until the next day and ambushed me with the hose. At first I was stunned and a little bothered by it. I quickly realized that I deserved it. Spielberg should have taught his son this lesson instead of using his power as a famous director to protect him.

This confirms my guess that Ben Affleck takes himself way too serious and is a sour and really uptight guy

Ben tried to take credit for a win without calling the shot on the 8 ball. And Steven took that personally.

This does seem petty on Speilbergs part, but would most people choose to work with someone who made your kid cry if you didn’t have to?

If some little fucker pushed me into a pool unexpectedly with my clothes on, you best believe he’s getting THROWN in!