Ben Affleck didn’t sign off on Jennifer Garner’s divorce joke in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’
nypost.comthat line in “Deadpool & Wolverine.”In the Marvel film, Jennifer Garner returns as Elektra and makes a joke about Affleck, who she was married to for 10 years.Shawn Levy, the director of the film, revealed on Josh Horowitz’s “Happy Sad Confused” podcast on Monday that he didn’t seek out Affleck’s approval for the jab.“No, we vetted it with Jen,” said Levy, 56.
However, Levy did reveal that he had a conversation with Affleck, 51, about a different part of the film.“I later spoke with Ben because the end credits have this tribute reel to the legacy of Fox Marvel movies and so that gave us the occasion to speak to everyone because we needed and wanted everyone’s permission,” he said.Levy added, “That joke was not, as far as I know, vetted by Ben.”“But we made clear to Jen — as we made clear to everyone — everything’s on the table in ‘Deadpool,’ ” he explained.In the third “Deadpool” movie, Garner’s Elektra shows up to rescue a group of heroes, including Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool and Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine.After learning that Daredevil — originally played by Affleck — has died, Deadpool offers Elektra his condolences. “It’s fine,” Garner, 52, responds with a shrug.The film also features a joke about Jackman’s separation from his wife of 27 years, Deborra-Lee Furness. “He’s usually shirtless,” Deadpool says of Wolverine. “But he’s let himself go since the divorce.”Levy addressed the double divorce jabs in an interview with Variety. “We never did a joke about or with anyone that we didn’t run by them first,” he said.
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