--- title: "Ben Affleck discusses Jennifer Garner's near-casting in his new film *Animals*" description: "Most outlets led with the revelation that Ben Affleck had considered casting his ex-wife Jennifer Garner in the female lead role of his Netflix film *Animals*. Geo News focused on the reshuffling of the cast and mentioned the possibility of Garner playing the role, while also hinting at the idea of her potentially starring in the film. The News International emphasized Garner's decision to step away from the role and provided context about her reasons, though specifics of those reasons were not detailed in the excerpt. Both outlets framed the story around the personal and professional connection between Affleck and Garner." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/9956-ben-affleck-explains-why-jennifer-garner-refused-to-play-his site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Ben Affleck discusses Jennifer Garner's near-casting in his new film *Animals* entertainment · updated 22 Sep 2026, 3:13 PM PKT · 21–22 Sep 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets led with the revelation that Ben Affleck had considered casting his ex-wife Jennifer Garner in the female lead role of his Netflix film *Animals*. Geo News focused on the reshuffling of the cast and mentioned the possibility of Garner playing the role, while also hinting at the idea of her potentially starring in the film. The News International emphasized Garner's decision to step away from the role and provided context about her reasons, though specifics of those reasons were not detailed in the excerpt. Both outlets framed the story around the personal and professional connection between Affleck and Garner. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **The News International** — [Ben Affleck explains why Jennifer Garner refused to play his love interest on screen](https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1417172-ben-affleck-explains-why-jennifer-garner-refused-to-play-his-love-interest-on-screen) · 22 Sep 2026, 3:13 PM PKT > Ben Affleck is taking fans behind ex-wife Jennifer Garner's decision to step away from playing his love interest on screen.The 54-year-old actor, who is currently all set for his new Netflix movie Animals, first... - **Geo News** — [Ben Affleck reveals almost casting Jennifer Garner as wife in 'Animals'](https://www.geo.tv/latest/682944-ben-affleck-reveals-almost-casting-jennifer-garner-as-wife-in-animals) · 21 Sep 2026, 9:55 AM PKT · 84% identical wording to the newest filing > Ben Affleck is opening up about the casting reshuffle behind his new Netflix crime thriller Animals, revealing he originally planned for ex-wife Jennifer Garner to play the female lead, and even considered starring... ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [Jennifer Garner responds to Ben Affleck's casting suggestion in new film](https://harzaviya.com/stories/9075-jennifer-garner-s-scathing-retort-to-ben-affleck-over-their) · 17 Sep 2026 · 2 outlets · 85% related - [Ben Affleck gives update on love life two years after split from Jennifer Lopez](https://harzaviya.com/stories/12056-ben-affleck-gives-unexpected-update-on-his-love-life-two) · 4 Oct 2026 · 3 outlets · 2 developments · 77% related - [Ben Affleck comments on his parenting compared to Jennifer Garner's](https://harzaviya.com/stories/13596-ben-affleck-makes-heartfelt-public-confession-for-jennifer) · 11 Oct 2026 · 2 outlets · 70% related 2 articles from 2 outlets, 21–22 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.