Kevin Smith Has Said Ben Affleck Will Return for ‘Mallrats 2’
By George Robbins
This pandemic has been a massive drain on people all over the world, but not everyone is necessarily suffering because of it. They have simply had to re-think the way that they do things because they can’t just do what they want like before. Those in the entertainment industry have had the most fun trying to figure out exactly how to move things forward, but there are some among the industry who aren’t having many issues. These people would be the writers, because who would benefit from having nothing better to do than sit down and write while stuck indoors. Among those writers is one who has written and directed his own works for years and that would be Kevin Smith.
Smith came to prominence in the 90’s when he released his first film ‘Clerks,’ which he had written and directed himself. Although it was really just an indie movie, its interesting look at the daily lives of two convenience store clerks drew a lot of attention. This attention is what allowed him to continue making movies that were unique to this style and we got interesting and sort of out-of-this-world films. Although a lot of things were added for the sake of comedy, most of what happened in his films focused on aspects of daily life. One of his earlier films was ‘Mallrats’ which followed a day in the lives of two slackers, who both broke up with their girlfriends, while they were at a mall.
‘Mallrats‘ had some moments in it that were highly memorable but some parts of the film were still a bit outside the realm of an ordinary day. That aside, it looked at various situations that the two men were put into as they spent time in the mall that day. One of those situations involved a character, played by Ben Affleck, who started dating the ex-girlfriend of one of the two main characters. His character was seen as one of the antagonists in the film and by the end of the film, his character ended up being arrested. Kevin Smith revealed within the past couple of months that he has managed to finish a script for ‘Mallrats 2’ and he wanted Affleck to return for the film. Now, he has confirmed that Affleck will in fact return for the new film, so that is something to look forward to as we wait for the film to release.