The acclaimed director and film star couldn’t help but notice that Casey Affleck failed to mention him as thanked a bevy of people after winning best actor in a drama at the award show Sunday – an omission that he admits caught him by surprise. “I was a little taken aback,” Affleck joked on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” Monday night.
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Affleck gets career reprieve with Globe win for ‘Manchester’
After a long stretch in muddy waters, Casey Affleck has reached high ground, thanks to a small movie set in a small seaside town, and an old, more-famous friend. He has for years been a small player in less-than-award-caliber movies, always a distant second-fiddle to his big brother Ben.