Kevin Smith talks becoming friends with Ben Affleck again thanks to Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
By
Sydney Bucksbaum
July 19, 2019 at 09:02 PM EDT
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Just like Jay and Silent Bob, old friends
Kevin Smith and
Ben Affleck are back together again — both onscreen and off.
While stopping by EW’s video suite at Comic-Con, the filmmaker took a break from promoting his upcoming new film with
Jason Mewes,
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot, to tell the emotional story of how he and the
Justice League star became friends again after years of estrangement.
“We haven’t worked with him since
Clerks II, professionally haven’t worked with him but personally he hasn’t been in my life in like eight years,” Smith says. “We worked together quite a bit, all of us, in the beginning so for years people would be like, ‘How’s Ben?’ and sooner or later I just started putting stuff on front street and be like, ‘I haven’t spoken to Ben in years. I don’t think we’re really friends anymore.’ He was out of my life completely.”

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That’s why when development on
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot began, Smith didn’t even consider writing Affleck a part despite the actor’s involvement in Jay and Silent Bob’s creation.
“There was a sadness to that,” Smith says. But thanks to a random line of questioning and entertainment journalism, everything changed and Smith got the inspiration he needed to reach out to Affleck, leading to his return for
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot.
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot is released in October. Tickets are available at the
Fathom Events website.
Check out Smith’s full interview above (his story about Affleck’s return begins around the 8-minute mark).
https://ew.com/comic-con/2019/07/19/kevin-smith-ben-affleck-jay-and-silent-bob-reboot-friendship/