Kerry Washington says she ‘learned so much from’ Ben Affleck while working with him on ‘Animals’

Kerry Washington has a few projects on the horizon, one of which is the upcoming movie Animals , directed by Ben Affleck . In an interview exclusive to InStyle , she talks about her role in the film and what it was like to work alongside the actor.

“I play Ben’s wife. I’m a mom and he’s running for mayor, and we have some unfortunate events unfold in our life with our kid,” she says of the plot, before praising Ben’s approach to directing. “[He is] a real actor’s director. He understands what it takes. We did a full week of rehearsal before filming even began, which is unheard of. It was so wonderful to really dig into these characters.”

Though she says she’s known Ben “in a Hollywood-casual way,” it wasn’t until she worked with him that she realized his height.

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