Academy Award winner Ben Affleck is no stranger to producing films and recently he sang the praises of Kevin Feige. In a new interview with “The Hollywood Reporter”, Affleck states he’s the greatest producer who has ever lived.
“F***ing Kevin Feige is absolutely, you have to say, the greatest producer, most successful producer who ever lived. He’s the only guy in the world who, if he told me, ‘I know what the audience wants! This is what we’re doing!’ I would believe him 100%.”
Affleck continues to praise Feige and insists that he’s a producer that truly knows his audience:
“That f***er knows his audience like no producer (ever), he’s a genius. Kevin is like a ringmaster at the circus, he knows exactly how much to wink at the audience, exactly when to pull at the heartstrings, exactly when to do the effects, how many jokes, what the sensibility, what the tone is. Because people didn’t know to run away from the pajamas or embrace it, or make it serious.”
The work Feige has done with the MCU certainly changed the industry forever, however, the greatest producer of all time? That’s a debate to have.
