His latest film, Air, tells the story of Nike’s attempt to woo NBA prospect Michael Jordan, which led to the creation of Air Jordan sneakers.
Thankfully, Affleck’s “brilliant” wife, Jennifer Lopez, was an incredible resource for expanding Affleck’s knowledge and understanding of the subject matter.
The script was a blacklist spec script written by Alex Convery that Ben Affleck and Chris Tucker reworked for the final product.
Ben Affleck has been directing movies for many years now and even won an Oscar for his 2012 directorial feat, Argo.