Casey Affleck appears to be in good spirits while grabbing lunch with a friend at Mendocino Farms on Saturday afternoon (December 8) in Los Angeles.
The 43-year-old actor joined his buddy in his vintage car after the meal.
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Casey was most recently seen in the movie The Old Man & The Gun opposite Robert Redford and his next project is the movie Light of My Life, a film he wrote, directed, and starred in. The film does not yet have a release date.
Brad Pitt happily poses alongside Timothée Chalamet and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos while attending the Amazon Studios Holiday Party on in Los Angeles.
The 54-year-old actor and the 22-year-old actor were joined at the event by Katy Perry, Kate Hudson, Demi Moore, John Mayer, Miles Teller, Sacha Baron Cohen and his wife Isla Fisher, Jon Hamm, Heidi Klum and her boyfriend Tom Kaulitz, Emmy Rossum and her husband Sam Esmail, Jack Huston and Camilla Belle.
Also in attendance at the festive affair was Larry David, Juno Temple, Giovanni Ribisi, Margo Martindale, Christina Hendricks and hubby Geoffrey Arend, Casey Affleck, Floriana Lima, Michael Kelly, Eli Roth, David Oyelowo and his wife Jessica Oyelowo, Chace Crawford, Topher Grace, Beth Grant, Head of Amazon Studios Jennifer Salke, and film producers Jeremy Kleiner and Dede Gardner.
FYI: Camilla is wearing a Novis dress and a Michelle Waugh coat.
Casey Affleck joins Tika Sumpter, Sissy Spacek, and Donald Glover on the red carpet for the premiere of their movie The Old Man & The Gun on Thursday (September 20) at the Paris Theatre in New York City.
The film’s star Robert Redford also walked the carpet, as did special guest Keegan-Michael Key. Casey was joined by his girlfriend Floriana Lima.
On the red carpet, Casey was asked by Variety to share what he has learned from the #MeToo movement. He previously faced accusations of sexual harassment back in 2010.
“I mean, look, if you haven’t learned anything from all of this, then you really haven’t been paying attention, and that goes for everybody,” Casey said. “It’s probably a conversation that deserves a little more time than standing on a red carpet. But I would say that one of the most important lessons is to try to remain as open as you can to other perspectives and to listen to other peoples experiences and, you know, take care of one another.”
FYI: Tika is wearing a Blumarine gown.
Casey Affleck was asked how his big brother, Ben Affleck, is doing during his stay in rehab after checking back in back in August.
“He’s doing great,” Casey told Entertainment Tonight about his big brother.
In addition, Casey told E! News, “He’s an alcoholic and he’s in rehab. He’s recovering and I think it’s very brave of him to take care of what he needs to take care of.”
Continued Casey, “He’s handling his business and getting better. I look forward to him being out and back on his feet.”
Casey continued, “He’s in rehab and he’s recovering and seems to be doing well.”
Casey was in Toronto to premiere The Old Man & the Gun at the Toronto Film Festival.
Ben has been seen leaving rehab on a few occasions with permission from the facility.
Casey Affleck is bringing his new film to the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival!
The 43-year-old actor stepped out for the premiere of The Old Man & the Gun on Monday evening (September 10) at The Elgin in Toronto, Canada.
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Casey was joined by his co-stars Tika Sumpter, Robert Redford and Sissy Spacek.
The film is based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his escape from San Quentin State Prison 70-years-old. His escape lead to to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public.
The Old Man & the Gun hits theaters on September 28th.
Casey Affleck is giving his first major interview where he’s admitting he contributed to an “unprofessional environment” on the set of his mockumentary film I’m Still Here back in 2010.
If you don’t know, he settled two lawsuits after accusations of sexual harassment emerged from the set.
“I contributed to that unprofessional environment and I tolerated that kind of behavior from other people and I wish that I hadn’t. And I regret a lot of that. I really did not know what I was responsible for as the boss. I don’t even know if I thought of myself as the boss. But I behaved in a way and allowed others to behave in a way that was really unprofessional. And I’m sorry,” Casey told the AP. “I wish I had found a way to resolve things in a different way. I hate that. I had never had any complaints like that made about me before in my life and it was really embarrassing and I didn’t know how to handle it and I didn’t agree with everything, the way I was being described, and the things that were said about me, but I wanted to try to make it right, so we made it right in the way that was asked at the time. And we all agreed to just try to put it behind us and move on with our lives, which I think we deserve to do, and I want to respect them as they’ve respected me and my privacy.”
In addition, Casey commented on choosing not to present the Best Actress Academy Award at the 2018 Oscars. It is tradition for the Best Actor Oscar winner of the previous year to present the award the following year.
“I think it was the right thing to do just given everything that was going on in our culture at the moment. And having two incredible women go present the best actress award felt like the right thing,” he added.
Kenneth Lonergan is coming to the defense of Casey Affleck.
The Manchester by the Sea director shared in a recent interview that he believes the 42-year-old Oscar winning actor was treated harshly in the wake of the #MeToo Movement.
“I couldn’t be more all for the #MeToo movement and I couldn’t feel more strongly that he’s been treated abominably,” Kenneth told Variety. “It’s not good for anybody … People really don’t know what they are talking about, I’m afraid. And I’m afraid they are doing it in the name of a very good cause.”
Casey has faced allegations of sexual assault in the past, and accusations of inappropriate behavior on the set of I’m Still Here have resurfaced in the wake of the #MeToo movement.
Due to the backlash he was facing from the movement, Casey decided to back out of presenting the Best Actress award at the 2018 Oscars, which is standard tradition for the previous year’s Best Actor winner.
