During an interview with Josh Horowitz on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Ben Affleck rather candidly broke down his “negative” experience filming Warner Bros.’s 2017 film Justice League, referring to it as the “low point” of his entire career. Likewise, the Batman star took aim at the film’s executives for the way the death of director Zack Snyder’s daughter was “used as an excuse” to replace him during reshoots.

Following a question about the canceled solo Batman film in the DCEU, in which Affleck was set to reprise his role, the actor began recounting his time working on Synder’s Justice League. While Affleck stated that he “loved playing” the DCEU’s Frank Miller-inspired take on Batman, the “experience of Justice League was so negative” that it taught him exactly “how not to make a movie,” and he directly criticized Warner Bros.’ treatment of director Zack Snyder during the shoot in the process.

“Boy, that was shitty,” stated Affleck (via IGN). “Him being taken off that movie, and the reshoots that we did–if you want the low point of my career, it was that[…]Somebody’s death by suicide, that eclipses everything. And the way that was, I thought, frankly, used as an excuse… I just thought that was one of the shittiest things I’ve ever seen. It was so gross.”

Zack Snyder’s daughter passed during Justice League’s post-production, at which point Snyder was replaced by The Avengers and Buffy the Vampire Slayer director Joss Whedon. Instead, however, Whedon went on to reshoot large chunks of the film.

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