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Ben Affleck confirms Lucasfilm approached him to direct The Force Awakens and explains why he felt another filmmaker would do a better job.
Speaking on Josh Horowitz’s Happy, Sad, Confused podcast, Ben Affleck has revealed that he was asked if he would consider directing Star Wars: The Force Awakens, sharing that he turned it down saying, "I don’t think I can do it as well as somebody else".
A Star Wars movie directed by Ben Affleck? It could have happened. The Oscar winner was in the running to direct Episode VII - The Force Awakens, but ended up passing on the job.