Ben Affleck is pictured out on the school run… as it’s revealed he had a sober liaison escort him to and from set of The Way Back
He plays a basketball coach struggling with alcohol addiction in his latest drama The Way Back.
And Ben Affleck’s real life addiction battle wasn’t kept a secret from the cast, as it’s been revealed he was escorted to and from the film set by a sober liaison.
The 47-year-old actor was still in recovery while filming the movie, as his co-star Will Ropp told People on Sunday: ‘Everybody was very transparent from the beginning that he was in rehab at the beginning of the film,’
Looking good: Ben Affleck is pictured on Tuesday as it was reported that he was escorted to and from set by a sober liaison while filming The Way Back
Art imitating life: Ben plays a basketball coach battling an alcohol addiction in the drama out this week
‘He had to have a sober liaison that would bring him to set and that would bring him back from [the] set.’
Affleck plays Jack Cunningham, a former basketball star who walked away from the sport. Years later he’s asked to coach the basketball team for his alma mater and in the process is forced to face his own demons and alcoholism which destroyed his life.
‘There are some things about this character I really could connect to — being a recovering alcoholic, going through family strife, a divorce.’ Affleck told People at Sunday’s LA premiere, saying he found the movie ‘cathartic’.
Dad duty: The 47-year-old movie star was pictured out in Santa Monica on the school run on Tuesday
‘You try to bring your own life experience to the parts that you can use your imagination on the other parts,’ he continued.
The father-of-three added that he hopes the film will make an impact and be inspirational because it ‘allows for expression of genuine feeling’.
‘My goal with this was to make something that would feel enduring and lasting.’
The Way Back opens in theaters March 6.
Family man: The Argo star is father to Violet, 14, Seraphina, 11 and Samuel, eight, with ex-wife Jennifer Garner
Affleck was pictured in Santa Monica on Tuesday, on the school run, looking clean cut in a green shirt and beige khakis.
He is father to Violet, 14, Seraphina, 11 and Samuel, eight, with ex-wife Jennifer Garner.
Affleck entered rehab in August 2018 to battle his addiction head on. When he left the facility, the actor – who has been to rehab several times in the past – wrote on Instagram: ‘This week I completed a forty-day stay at a treatment center for alcohol addiction and remain in outpatient care. Battling any addiction is a lifelong and difficult struggle. Because of that, one is never really in or out of treatment. It is a full-time commitment. I am fighting for myself and my family. (sic)’.
Recovering: Affleck entered rehab for the third time in August 2018 to battle his addiction head on