Anorak News | Madeleine McCann: Josef Fritzl, Ben Affleck And TV Child Abuse
Madeleine McCann: Josef Fritzl, Ben Affleck And TV Child Abuse
by Anorak | 23rd, May 2008
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DAILY MAIL: "Ben Affleck has something to shout about –
Romancer of J-Lo, husband of Jennifer Garner, beefcake specialist of Hollywood blockbusters… and director of sensitively handled film echoing the Madeleine McCann case. Ben Affleck is all these…
And maybe not even in that order. As Affleck said in Pearl Harbor: "Not anxious to die sir, just anxious to matter."
Ben Affleck's first film as a director, Gone Baby Gone, a harrowing tale of child abduction, received rave reviews when it came out in the US last year, but its release in Britain was postponed because of chilling parallels with the Madeleine McCann story – and the young lead actress's strong resemblance to the missing British girl. Now, more than a year since Madeleine's disappearance, the film is finally about to be released here.
And Affleck has views, too. Having had his film – a work of fiction – compared with the disappearance of a real child, Affleck enjoins the Mail in a game of Tabloid Bingo.
Affleck: Emotionally, I think the Austrian sex offender Josef Fritzl should be killed.
Affleck: What has happened to Madeleine McCann is terrible and it was the right decision to wait until now before bringing out the film, as we didn't want to upset the family.
Affleck: "I worked with the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children [which is involved in the search for Madeleine McCann] and I found out about the extent of child abuse internationally. It is horrifying.
Affleck: "Sometimes, abuse is as simple as leaving your kids in front of the TV all day and thinking that it is sufficient parenting."
Ben Affleck is an actor…
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