Igen; vi vidste det vist allesammen godt i forvejen, og Matt Reeves' casting af Robert Pattinson som den ikoniske karakter i en ny trilogi vidner om Ben Afflecks exit, men nu er det endelig blevet bekræftet af manden selv - han er færdig som Batman, og siger i The Flash farvel til karakteren.
I et ærligt interview med Herald Sun bekræfter Affleck, at selvom at han har været tilfreds med visse dele af processen, så var Justice League så hård at producere, at det skabte et tilbagefald til alkoholisme.
"It was really "Justice League" that was the nadir for me. That was a bad experience because of a confluence of things: my own life, my divorce, being away too much, the competing agendas and then Zack's personal tragedy and the reshooting. It just was the worst experience. It was awful. It was everything that I didn't like about this. That became the moment where I said, 'I'm not doing this anymore.' It's not even about, like, "Justice League" was so bad. Because it could have been anything."
Han forklarer også hvorfor han valgte at trække sig fra sin egen Batman-film, som han både skulle skrive, instruere, producere og være hovedstjernen i:
"Directing "Batman" is a good example. I looked at it and thought, 'I'm not going to be happy doing this. The person who does this should love it.' You're supposed to always want these things, and I probably would have loved doing it at 32 or something. But it was the point where I started to realize it's not worth it. It's just a wonderful benefit of reorienting and recalibrating your priorities that once it started being more about the experience, I felt more at ease."
Affleck siger dog at han giver sit endelige farvel til karakterne i The Flash, og at han er super glad for de scener der blev skudt med ham i sidste ende. Filmen får premiere til efteråret.