You have to hand it to Ben Affleck: when he co-wrote “The Last Duel,” the Ridley Scott-directed historical drama that just opened in theaters, he sneakily went ahead and wrote the best part for himself.
Affleck, Boston’s favorite son, King of Dunkin Donuts, and tabloid star at large, only has a minor role in “The Last Duel,” but he makes every single one of his scenes count.
And he looks like he’s having fun in the process.Affleck plays Count Pierre d’Alençon, and while we see him briefly in the opening in medias res moment (all movies and TV shows must start in medias…The post In Praise of Ben Affleck’s Scene-Stealing Performance in The Last Duel appeared first on /Film.
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