David Fincher has been discussing why he chose to cast Ben Affleck in Gone Girl, and explains that the actor’s tabloid travails gave him the perfect experience for the role. “I enjoyed working with him immensely,” says Fincher. “The baggage he comes with is most useful to this movie. I was interested in him primarily because I needed someone who understood the stakes of the kind of public scrutiny that Nick is subjected to and the absurdity of trying to resist public opinion.” “Ben knows that, not conceptually, but by experience....

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