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Actor Ben Affleck Studied Malaysian Martial Art for “The Accountant”
Ben Affleck revealed that he studied Silat for the action thriller, “The Accountant” . “Silat is a martial arts technique that hasn’t been seen in too many movies before, so the fights in the movie felt really fresh and new, visually. And, unlike Batman, I couldn’t wear a mask, so I had to do more of the action myself than I did in that movie,” said Affleck in an interview transcript by Warner Bros via Star 2. “I spent a lot of time learning the choreography and rehearsing and practicing these elaborate fights months and months ahead of filming. It could be very difficult and trying, but when it worked