{"id":864769,"date":"2026-09-29T14:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T14:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/864769\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T14:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T14:06:08","slug":"casey-afflecks-embarrassing-christopher-nolan-story-is-glorious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/864769\/","title":{"rendered":"Casey Affleck\u2019s Embarrassing Christopher Nolan Story Is Glorious"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let\u2019s say, for a minute, that you knew Christopher Nolan<\/a>. Maybe you grew up with him. Maybe you worked with him<\/a>. Basically, you have a relationship beyond just a friendly acquaintance. Now, let\u2019s say you were sitting around with someone and got into a disagreement about one of Nolan\u2019s movies<\/a>. Would you use that connection to call Nolan to get the definitive answer? Or would you realize how embarrassing that might be?<\/p>\n

For most of us, the answer is no. We\u2019d never call Nolan in a million years, no matter what. You just assume he\u2019s too busy and important to hear from you. But that\u2019s not what happened with Casey Affleck. The Oscar-winning actor worked with Nolan on both Interstellar and Oppenheimer, and he recently told a story that is just beautifully, hilariously awkward.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was driving back from school with my son. We were talking about Tenet<\/a> and disagreeing. I said: \u2018Let\u2019s settle that,\u2019\u201d Affleck said this week at the Zurich Film Festival (via Variety<\/a>). \u201cWe got him on the phone and asked him something that we could have easily looked up on Reddit. Once he said it, it sounded so obvious I felt embarrassed. That was it. I haven\u2019t called him again, and he hasn\u2019t called me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, to be fair, Nolan did pick up the phone when Affleck called, so at least he has that going for him. Nolan also knows that Tenet is a movie that can be rather confusing and sparks a lot of conversation. So while Affleck says he was embarrassed, and we believe him, we have a feeling Nolan understood.<\/p>\n

As studious and old-school as Nolan may seem, anytime you see him interviewed, he comes off like a mostly normal, funny guy. He just so happens to be insanely smart and talented. Don\u2019t forget, he loves the Fast and Furious movies after all. So we have to assume the fact he hasn\u2019t called Affleck since has nothing to do with Affleck himself. It\u2019s just not having a reason to. If Nolan has a role for the actor, or a question about Manchester by the Sea, we know exactly who he\u2019ll call.<\/p>\n

Also, what do you think Affleck asked him about that was \u201cso obvious\u201d?<\/p>\n

Want more io9 news? Check out the best movies and TV shows<\/a> to stream this month and all the upcoming sci-fi, fantasy, and horror books<\/a> that should be on your radar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s say, for a minute, that you knew Christopher Nolan. Maybe you grew up with him. Maybe you…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":864770,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[14786,15279,88,364928],"class_list":["post-864769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-casey-affleck","tag-christopher-nolan","tag-entertainment","tag-tenet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=864769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/864770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=864769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=864769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=864769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}