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Ben Affleck Calls Ex Jennifer Lopez's Unstoppable Performance 'Spectacular': 'Really Proud' of the Film

Ben Affleck praised ex Jennifer Lopez's performance in the upcoming film 'Unstoppable,' which he and Matt Damon produced. The movie, out Dec. 6, also stars Jharrel Jerome, Bobby Cannavale, Michael Peña and Don Cheadle.

"Jennifer is spectacular," Affleck said of her performance in the film, while discussing the similarities between Small Things Like These and Unstoppable, which both he and Damon worked on as producers through their production company Artists Equity. " Unstoppable is a very different movie than this, but in a way it is similarly rooted in the passion of really talented artists, and [director] Billy Goldenberg and Jennifer and Don Cheadle and Jharrel [Jerome] and Bobby Cannavale, all of whom were really passionate about this film," Affleck said, adding that everyone involved got to know the film's subject Anthony Robles and his mom Judy, whom Lopez portrays. Small Things Like These, meanwhile, is adapted from the 2022 novel by Claire Keegan and features Oscar-winner Murphy, 48, as both star and producer.

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