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Filmography
Jersey Girl
Will has a small cameo in Kevin Smith's 'Jersey Girl' where he plays himself. Synopsis: Ollie Trinke (Ben Affleck) is a smooth and successful Manhattan music publicist who seems to have it all. When his perfect life is suddenly tragically upended - leaving him as a single father unqualified for the role – he snaps.
Before long Ollie's big city life is a memory. Out of a job and out of luck, he reluctantly moves in with his father (George Carlin) back home to the New Jersey suburb where he was raised. It is the lowest point in his life. Just ask him.
The years pass and with them Ollie's plans for his future. Stuck in an unexciting, deadend job, he sees no way out and no way back to the life he used to love. But he adores his young daughter Gertie (Raquel Castro), and she loves their life in the ‘burbs. To her, Jersey is paradise.
While renting Gertie's favorite movie for the zillionth time one day, Ollie meets Maya (Liv Tyler), who challenges his priorities and perspective. He begins to realize that sometimes you have to forget about who you thought you were, accept who you are and acknowledge what makes you happy.
US release date: March 26th, 2004.
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Studio: Miramax Films.
Genre: Comedy.
Screenwriter: Kevin Smith.
Director: Kevin Smith.
Budget: $35,000,000 (estimated)
US Boxoffice: $25,266,129 (US total).
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Starring:
Ben Affleck |
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Liv Tyler |
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Raquel Castro |
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George Carlin |
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Jennifer Lopez |
Also starring: Aaron Douglas, Scott Heindl, Shia LaBeouf, Craig March, Peter Shinkoda, Emily Tennant...
Did you know? (info taken from imdb.com)
Based on writer/director Kevin Smith's experiences as a father.
Ben Affleck's character's name comes from the first name of the popular DC superhero, Green Arrow. Kevin Smith wrote 15 issues of Green Arrow just prior to working on Jersey Girl (2004).
Joey Lauren Adams was originally considered for the part of Gertrude Steiney. But Kevin Smith thought that pairing her with Ben Affleck again, would make the film look too similar to Chasing Amy (1997). So they went with Jennifer Lopez.
As of August 2003, with the failure of Gigli (2003), the studio removed all images of Jennifer Lopez from this film's commercials, trailers, and promos, out of fear that people would think it was another Ben Affleck-Jennifer Lopez vehicle.
Originally, Bruce Willis was to be the star Ollie badmouthed (when it was set in the late-eighties), but a deal with Willis couldn't be secured.
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