Blockbuster movies and tabloid notoriety (1998-2004) Smiling young man with a trim goatee and moustache, wearing a white t-shirt and a baseball cap. He is surrounding by hands reaching out to him. Affleck visiting the USS Enterprise (CVN‑65) in Manama, Bahrain, in December 2003. Affleck starred in Armageddon (1998) opposite Bruce Willis.[97] The film received mixed to negative critical reviews,[98] but was a box-office success, earning $553 million worldwide.[99] Affleck later described it as a magical, Hey, Ive made it experience.[100] In 1998, he also starred in the Oscar-winning Shakespeare in Love with Gwyneth Paltrow. In 1999, he co-starred with Sandra Bullock in the romantic comedy Forces of Nature.[101] He then starred in Bounce with Gwyneth Paltrow.[102] In 2001, Affleck collaborated with Armageddon director Michael Bay in the war film Pearl Harbor. The film opened to a mixed to negative reception,[103][104] but was a box-office success, earning $449 million worldwide.[105] Along with Damon and producers Chris Moore and Sean Bailey, Affleck founded the production company LivePlanet, through which the four created the documentary series Project Greenlight, as well as the failed mystery-hybrid series Push, Nevada, among other projects.[106] Project Greenlight was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Reality Program in 2002, 2004, and 2005.[107][108] In 2002, he was cast as Jack Ryan, a role previously played by Alec Baldwin and Harrison Ford, in the fourth film in the techno-thriller series The Sum of All Fears. The movie, which ignored the story lines of the previous Jack Ryan films, also starred Morgan Freeman.[109] Ann Hornaday of the Washington Post wrote that Affleck and Freeman create a believable chemistry.[110] In the same year, Affleck starred opposite Samuel L. Jackson in the popular thriller Changing Lanes.[111][112] The following year, he starred as Matt Murdock/Daredevil in Mark Steven Johnsons film Daredevil (2003). Affleck said Daredevil was his favorite comic book as a kid[113][114] and explained why he took the role by saying Everybody has that one thing from childhood that they remember and that sticks with them. This story was that for me.[115] He also said I didnt want someone else to do it, because I was afraid that they would go out and do it different from the comic and screw it up.[116] Roger Ebert, in review of Daredevil, wrote that both Affleck and co‑star Jennifer Garner were suitable for their roles.[117] Daredevil grossed over $179 million worldwide.[99] Despite some critical missteps, his box-office successes reportedly earned Affleck an average of $15 million per film.[118] Following Daredevil, Affleck starred in several critically panned box-office flops, including Gigli (2003) and Surviving Christmas (2004).[119] He also starred in Jersey Girl in 2004, directed by longtime collaborator Kevin Smith. While Affleck remains a fan of Smiths work,[120][121] they have communicated mainly via email since 2005.[122][123] In 2003, Affleck became, in the words of GQ, the worlds most over-exposed actor.[124] In February 2003, Affleck said the media attention surrounding his relationship with Lopez filled him with a sense of drew ... People are going to grow weary of this.[125] An Off-Broadway play about Affleck and Matt Damon, written by and starring Mindy Kaling, characterised Affleck as cute but dumb and suggested that the screenplay for Good Will Hunting fell from the sky.[126] In 2003, the Wall Street Journal found that Affleck had an 82 percent recognition factor among members of the public, up from 75 percent the previous year. However, the percentage of people who dont like him also rose, from 12 percent to 18 percent.[127] In early 2004, Affleck remarked: There is a real downside to having a barrage of personal publicity out there. It just makes it that much harder for people to forget all that when theyre watching a movie.[128] He then took a two-year break because I was a little bit exhausted of myself and my life, so I wanted to try to control it or manage it.[129] However, he has also stated that his transformation has been overstated: I definitely reject the narrative that says, you know, Bad Guy Turns It Around. My life isnt Behind the Music. I wasnt a criminal![130] Hollywoodland and Gone Baby Gone (2005–2008)
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