Ben Affleck Gets Support from Matt Damon at SXSW Premiere ofThe Accountant 2

Mar. 15, 2025

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck at the “The Accountant 2” Premiere.Photo:Michael Buckner/SXSW Conference & Festivals via Getty

Michael Buckner/SXSW Conference & Festivals via Getty

Ben Affleckis back in action forThe Accountant 2.

Matt Damon, who co-produced the film via his production company with longtime pal Affleck Artists Equity, showed up to support the project. Damon, 53, posed for photos with Affleck while still wearing hisfull beard for filming Christopher Nolan’sThe Odysseymovie.

Affleck spoke to reporters including PEOPLE at the red carpet, sharing why he and Damon make a good team.

“It’s a beautiful thing. You know, I don’t have very many— none of us really haveverymany friends. You don’t need a million friends. You need a few good ones. And I’m really lucky to have had a friend in Matt,” said Affleck. “… I’m lucky to have friends like that in my life.”

The Accountant 2centers around Affleck’s character Christian Wolff as he tries to solve a case after “an old acquaintance is murdered, leaving behind a cryptic message to ‘find the accountant,’ " according to a synopsis.

“Realizing more extreme measures are necessary, Wolff recruits his estranged and highly lethal brother Brax to help. In partnership with U.S. Treasury Deputy Director Marybeth Medina (Cynthia Addai-Robinson), they uncover a deadly conspiracy, becoming targets of a ruthless network of killers who will stop at nothing to keep their secrets buried.”

Ben Affleck at the world premiere of “The Accountant 2”.Marcus Ingram/Getty

Marcus Ingram/Getty

Director Gavin O’Connor told PEOPLE at the SXSW premiere that Affleck “understands the character so well” and has done “so much research” forThe Accountant 2.

“It’s a temptation for actors when they play, say, genius to chew it up and over-act. He never does that. It’s always simple, it’s always honest, it’s always truthful. It’s just beautiful acting.”

Jon Bernthal and Ben Affleck in “The Accountant 2”.Warrick Page/Prime

Warrick Page/Prime

While the first installment of the film series, 2016’sThe Accountant,also starredAnna Kendrick, Jeffrey Tambor, Jean Smart and John Lithgow, the actors are not back for this sequel.J.K. Simmonsdoes return as Ray King, director of the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Bureau.

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Affleck and Damon share the screen again in the upcoming thrillerRIP,also produced under Artists Equity.Affleckpreviously teased at the 2025 Next on Netflix Special Presentationthat the movie will be one that “takes a look at the things people will do for money.”

He further describedRIPas a “really fun, engaging ride that keeps you guessing. It’s a compelling, complicated human drama that also hues to these elements of cinema that people have loved forever.”

The Accountant 2is in theaters April 25.

source: people.com