Jennifer Garner politely declined ex-husband Ben Affleck’s offer to portray his love interest in his new movie, “Animals.”
“Jen was like, ‘Great, but no, I’m not gonna play your wife in a movie,’” Affleck, 54, shared while appearing as a guest on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Thursday night.
“[It’s] probably for the best. That lesson has been learned,” he joked, as Kimmel, 58, and the audience laughed.
Affleck and Garner — who met on the set of 2001’s “Pearl Harbor” — famously played love interests in the 2003 Marvel film “Daredevil.” He portrayed the titular character, while she played Elektra Natchios.
Affleck explained on the late-night show that…
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