Ben Affleck quoted his own movie in wedding speech to Jennifer Lopez, who of course, loved it
"I thought...how perfect," wrote Lopez in her "On The JLo" newsletter about the line from Live By Night
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There’s nothing quite like two Leos in love—just ask the world’s leading lion zodiac couple, Bennifer.
Jennifer Lopez gave fans insight into her nuptials with former fiancé-turned-ex-turned-current husband Ben Affleck in her “On the JLo” newsletter (via Variety). Among the information is the bonkers revelation that during his wedding speech to the Marry Me star, Affleck included a line from his very own 2016 film Live By Night. The aforementioned line from the crime drama reads, “This is heaven. Right here. We’re in it now.”
“That is one of my favorite lines that Ben wrote from a movie he directed called Live By Night,” wrote Lopez in her recent newsletter post. “He also said it the night of our wedding reception in his speech, and I thought…how perfect.”
Yes, JLo, how perfect indeed. The line does have a certain je ne sais quoi to it that would seem fitting for a romantic speech, but we have to wonder if there were other lines Affleck work-shopped before landing on that one from his violent 1920s mobster flick. Guess their shared film Gigli didn’t have much to offer in terms of poetic proses for the newlywed couple?
While Affleck’s wedding speech may have been flawless, Lopez discussed further in her post that the lead-up to the big day was anything but magical, with issues like a mass stomach bug and untimely rain popping up throughout the week.
“It had rained at sunset every day that week,” she wrote. “Everyone was worried about the heat, the aptly named ‘love bugs,’ the details, would the guests all arrive on time, etc.—not to mention the thunder and lightning that arrived almost on cue each day at the exact time the ceremony was supposed to start that Saturday.”
The singer added, “Oh, and all of us caught a stomach bug and were recuperating ‘til late in the week, that, and along with a few other unexpected setbacks, had all the makings of a doozie of a wedding weekend.”
None of that stopped the rekindled couple, as they eventually made it down the aisle and tied the knot at Affleck’s Georgia home on August 20.
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He wisely discarded the first draft: “How about them apples?”
“And how do you like those very same apples, Eggers!?“
It was odd when he yelled “That’s it. You’re dead, mallrat! I’m gonna fuck you up beyond repair!”
And when he referenced the good ship Mimi and its voyage of scientific discovery (yes, I’m old and know about the PBS show “Voyage of the Mimi”)
If you knew J.Lo, it’s not that odd.
It was nice when he took the time to ask JLo about herself though.“The primal questions of any marriage: What are you thinking? How are you feeling? What have we done to each other? What will we do?”
“Affleck was da bomb in Phantoms, yo.” was in the running too.
“Applesauce, bitch!”
I would have gone with something from Gigli.
Apparently even if you were in it you can’t remember it.
“Man, you know what I’d love to do, right now? Go down to Marie Callender’s, get me a big bowl, pie, some ice cream on it, mmm-hmm good! Put some on your head! Your tongue would slap your brains out trying to get to it! INTERESTED? SURE?”
Gobble Gobble!
Oh, not Phantoms?
Affleck is the bomb in Phantoms, yo!
Affleck was the bomb in Phantoms!
Fuck Affleck is the best part of that movie. Playing himself and Holden McNeil delivers most of the best laughs.
Shit, I haven’t seen Phantoms in like 20 years.
You ain’t the Lone Ranger.
“ I like to pick up girls on the rebound from a disappointing relationship. They’re much more in need of solace and they’re fairly open to suggestion. And, I use that to fuck them some place very uncomfortable.”
Live by Night was a bit of a letdown after Lehane’s excellent novel (though not bad, just kind of dull), but here’s to hoping Mrs. Affleck doesn’t meet the same end as the love he spoke that line to in the movie. Breaking it out at your wedding is kind of asking for trouble.
I thought it would be this gem from one of his more recent films:
Jesus, is that actually the line?
Zack Snyder: “This ain’t your daddy’s Caped Crusader!”
How Ben Affleck says his balls are in JLo’s purse without actually saying his balls are in JLo’s purse.
I assumed that it was “Retainer”.
That scene is tremendous. He could also have gone with “You’re suspect. I don’t know what your reputation is in this town.”
Ben Affleck quoted his own movie in wedding speech to Jennifer Lopez
Anyone else?
I’m appalled he didn’t quote that epic of early 2000s filmmaking Gigli…Yeah. Yeah.
Ben Affleck, at the eventual divorce:“I’ll fuckin’ kill ya. That’s not a threat; that’s a fact. I’ll fuckin’ kill ya.”