--- title: Ben Affleck Hates Daredevil Interview VIDEO description: During an interview with the NY Times, Affleck spoke about his hate for Daredevil, revealing it inspired him to take on the role of Batman. canonical: https://time.com/4602028/ben-affleck-hated-daredevil/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-14T16:38:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:39:27.808Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Ben Affleck Says He Decided to Play Batman Because He Hated Daredevil og:description: "I wanted to do one of those movies and sort of get it right" og:url: https://time.com/4602028/ben-affleck-hated-daredevil/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0958125f4d1595f7/6988b2eaf887dcd5c1e987d5/ben-affleck-daredevil.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TimesTalks Presents: Ben Affleck In Conversation With Chip McGrath og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ben Affleck Says He Decided to Play Batman Because He Hated Daredevil twitter:description: "I wanted to do one of those movies and sort of get it right" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0958125f4d1595f7/6988b2eaf887dcd5c1e987d5/ben-affleck-daredevil.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ben Affleck Says He Hated _Daredevil_ So Much He Decided to Play Batman > Sponsored content. 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Actor Ben Affleck attends TimesTalks In Conversation with Chip McGrath at The New York Times Center on December 12, 2016 in New York City.Desiree Navarro/WireImage  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 14, 2016 4:38 PM UTC Before Netflix’s critically-acclaimed [_Daredevil_](http://time.com/3815524/daredevil-netflix-marvel-universe/)series became a near-instant hit following its 2015 release, the comic book story of blind attorney turned superhero Matt Murdock had most recently been adapted for a 2003 action flick starring [Ben Affleck](http://time.com/4516485/ben-affleck-defends-batman-v-superman/). Unfortunately, the movie was not well received — earning just a 35 percent audience approval rating on [Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/daredevil/) — and has apparently been a thorn in the 44-year-old actor’s side ever since. During an interview with _The New York Times_ for their [TimesTalks series](http://www.timestalks.com/detail-event.php?event=ben%5Faffleck) Monday, Affleck spoke about his disdain for the film, revealing that its failure was what inspired him to take on the role of Batman. “That’s the movie I want to do. I want to be a part of that,” he said of [_Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice_](http://time.com/4268724/batmanvsuperman-review-movie-ben-affleck-henry-cavill/). “Part of it was I wanted for once to get one of these movies and do it right — to do a good version. I hate _Daredevil_ so much.” However, he doesn’t have any hard feelings about Netflix’s success. “The Netflix show does really cool stuff,” he said. “I feel like that was there for us to do with that character, and we never kind of got it right. I wanted to do one of those movies and sort of get it right.” Watch Affleck’s full interview at [TimesTalks.com](http://www.timestalks.com/detail-event.php?event=ben%5Faffleck). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4602028/ben-affleck-hated-daredevil/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4602028/ben-affleck-hated-daredevil/"},"headline":"Ben Affleck Says He Hated Daredevil So Much He Decided to Play Batman","datePublished":"2016-12-14T16:38:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:39:27.808Z","description":"\"I wanted to do one of those movies and sort of get it right\"","url":"https://time.com/4602028/ben-affleck-hated-daredevil/","keywords":["movies","Newsfeed","Ben Affleck","Batman","daredevil","Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0958125f4d1595f7/6988b2eaf887dcd5c1e987d5/ben-affleck-daredevil.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0958125f4d1595f7/6988b2eaf887dcd5c1e987d5/ben-affleck-daredevil.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"TimesTalks Presents: Ben Affleck In Conversation With Chip McGrath","caption":"Actor Ben Affleck attends TimesTalks In Conversation with Chip McGrath at The New York Times Center on December 12, 2016 in New York City.","creditText":"Desiree Navarro/WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4602028/ben-affleck-hated-daredevil/","name":"Ben Affleck Says He Hated Daredevil So Much He Decided to Play Batman"}}]}] ```