--- title: Ben Affleck in Jay and Silent Bob Reboot Because Snoop Dogg description: In a series of fortunate events, Ben Affleck made a cameo in the highly anticipated 'Jay and Silent Bob Reboot' because of Snoop Dogg. canonical: https://time.com/5700806/ben-affleck-snoop-dogg-jay-and-silent-bob/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-10-15T15:31:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:00:52.367Z og:title: Ben Affleck Is in Jay and Silent Bob Reboot Because of Snoop Dogg og:description: Here's what you need to know og:url: https://time.com/5700806/ben-affleck-snoop-dogg-jay-and-silent-bob/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta910d089520c8320/698a0447e76ad240f86369ea/ben-affleck-snoop-dogg-jay-and-silent-bob-reboot.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Kevin Smith And Jason Mewes Hands And Footprint Ceremony At TCL Chinese Theatre og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ben Affleck Is in Jay and Silent Bob Reboot Because of Snoop Dogg twitter:description: Here's what you need to know twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta910d089520c8320/698a0447e76ad240f86369ea/ben-affleck-snoop-dogg-jay-and-silent-bob-reboot.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ben Affleck Only Made a Cameo in This Movie Because Snoop Dogg Turned the Opportunity Down for a Great Reason  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 15, 2019 3:31 PM UTC  HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 14: Ben Affleck attends the Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes handprint and footprint ceremony held at TCL Chinese Theatre on October 14, 2019 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Michael Tran/FilmMagic) HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 14: Ben Affleck attends the Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes handprint and footprint ceremony held at TCL Chinese Theatre on October 14, 2019 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Michael Tran/FilmMagic)Michael Tran—FilmMagic  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 15, 2019 3:31 PM UTC The upcoming _Jay and Silent Bob Reboot_ movie boasts a slew of celebrity cameos, but one in particular has a fairly crazy backstory: [Ben Affleck.](https://time.com/5029048/ben-affleck-stephen-colbert-harassment/) According to a recent [_CinemaBlend_ ](https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2482192/the-hilarious-reason-snoop-dogg-isnt-in-jay-and-silent-bob-reboot)interview with writer/director/co-star Kevin Smith, who started the cult classic View Askewniverse series that _Jay and Silent Bob_ is a part of, Affleck’s cameo was only made possible because of [Snoop Dogg](https://time.com/5502447/snoop-dogg-hockey-game/) turning down an appearance. “We almost had Snoop Dogg, and in order to have him, we needed to give him a private jet, because he don’t fly commercial. We had no money in the budget for that whatsoever, so we made this sponsorship deal where a weed company is referenced in the movie, so they \[gave\] us money that we were going to use for Snoop Dogg’s private jet.” According to Smith, Snoop and his people stopped replying to being a part of the film, which meant that Smith had the jet on standby. Affleck, a longtime collaborator with Smith, told Smith that he was happy to be a part of the film, but he didn’t want to fly commercial to location — but luckily for him, preparation for Snoop’s accommodations worked just as well for him. Smith explains it thusly: “We were talking, and he goes, ‘My only problem is I have a hard time flying commercial. How big is this movie? Can you get a jet?’ And I was like, ‘This movie’s not big at all, but oddly enough you’ve asked a question at the exact right time. I could get you a jet here,'” Smith said. “And I explained \[to him\] that, ‘We had a jet standing by for Snoop, and now we don’t know where he is, but if you need a ride, I could get you down to New Orleans.’ So Ben flew to New Orleans to shoot that eight page _Chasing Amy_ sequel that takes place right in the middle of that movie.” In this case, it appears that even though Snoop didn’t end up being in the _Jay and Silent Bob Reboot_, he’s still the film’s fairy Doggfather. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5700806/ben-affleck-snoop-dogg-jay-and-silent-bob/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5700806/ben-affleck-snoop-dogg-jay-and-silent-bob/"},"headline":"Ben Affleck Only Made a Cameo in This Movie Because Snoop Dogg Turned the Opportunity Down for a Great Reason","datePublished":"2019-10-15T15:31:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:00:52.367Z","description":"Here's what you need to know","url":"https://time.com/5700806/ben-affleck-snoop-dogg-jay-and-silent-bob/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta910d089520c8320/698a0447e76ad240f86369ea/ben-affleck-snoop-dogg-jay-and-silent-bob-reboot.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta910d089520c8320/698a0447e76ad240f86369ea/ben-affleck-snoop-dogg-jay-and-silent-bob-reboot.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Kevin Smith And Jason Mewes Hands And Footprint Ceremony At TCL Chinese Theatre","caption":"Kevin Smith And Jason Mewes Hands And Footprint Ceremony At TCL Chinese Theatre","creditText":"Michael Tran—FilmMagic","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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5700806/ben-affleck-snoop-dogg-jay-and-silent-bob/","name":"Ben Affleck Only Made a Cameo in This Movie Because Snoop Dogg Turned the Opportunity Down for a Great Reason"}}]}] ```