(Reuters) – Ben Affleck’s new movie “The Way Back” finds the actor playing a role he knows only too well – an alcoholic who goes through family strife and divorce before finding renewed hope in life.
After baring his soul about his own struggles with alcohol, his three trips to rehab and the much publicized collapse of his marriage to actress Jennifer Garner, Affleck also finds himself in the unexpected role of a spokesman for addiction.
“I was a little bit surprised that the degree to which my being a recovering alcoholic, and I’m playing one in this movie, affected