Overview
- Affleck told Fox 32 Chicago he was vomiting between takes during a pivotal asteroid sequence early in his career.
- He said he didn’t feel able to call in sick at the time, citing inexperience and a sense he needed to show up.
- Director Michael Bay has corroborated the on-set illness, recalling a large bucket kept nearby as filming continued.
- Affleck joked the ordeal “probably made the scene better” and said he recently reminisced about the film with Steve Buscemi.
- Coverage places the anecdote alongside news that Bruce Willis stepped away from acting in 2022 following an aphasia diagnosis later identified as frontotemporal dementia.