Ben Affleck Refused To Wear A Yankees Hat (& Caused Drama On The Gone Girl Set)

In 2014, Ben Affleck starred in “Gone Girl” as Nick Dunne, a seemingly normal guy whose wife goes missing. The movie features a scene where Nick attempts to go incognito in an airport by sliding on a baseball hat. It sounds pretty basic, but the kind of baseball hat proved to be a point of contention between Affleck and “Gone Girl” director David Fincher. When Fincher asked Affleck to wear a New York Yankees hat — aka the Boston Red Sox’s historic rival — because he believed “it would work best for the movie,” Affleck fought back, per The New York Times. “I said, ‘David, I love you, I would do anything for you,'” Affleck remembered. “‘But I will not wear a Yankees hat. I just can’t. I can’t wear it because it’s going to become a thing, David. I will never hear the end of it. I can’t do it.’ And I couldn’t put it on my head.”

This ended up becoming a big problem. In the “Gone Girl” DVD commentary, Vulture reports that Fincher told viewers they “shut down production for four days” over his argument with Affleck, whom he deemed “unprofessional.” But Affleck felt he had to go to bat for his beloved Red Sox. Describing the fight as “a one-man riot against the Yankees,” the actor eventually agreed to compromise by wearing a New York Mets hat. “This was very Switzerland,” he told The New York Times.

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