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Meantime, the barking gets louder. Affleck snorts at stories that studio execs frowned on a supposed Feb. 14 Ben-and-Jen wedding, since it could have interfered with ''Daredevil'''s opening weekend. ''Nobody's had the balls to suggest...dictat[ing] our wedding date,'' he says. ''There's still a line of decency out there in the world.'' According to Affleck, his Valentine's weekend will be filled with talk-show appearances for ''Daredevil'' and a planned ''Saturday Night Live'' walk-on, so forget the talk of nuptials. And if the world has its fill of Bennifermania sometime soon, that'll be okay with Ben Affleck.

''Who knows?'' he says. ''[We] may seem pedestrian by the time [our] movies come out. People may say, 'Oh, Ben and Jennifer, yeah, yeah, yeah, we've heard about that.' At the end of the day, I can't control it.... There's always something else that comes along,'' he says. ''It's ephemeral, and eventually, it all fades. And that's fine. That's good, in fact. Otherwise, you'd really go crazy.''

His rhythm builds to a punchline lilt and he lowers his voice conspiratorially. ''I only wish people would say that Colin Farrell and I were having an affair. Then I'd know I was REALLY popular.''

Originally posted Jan 31, 2003 Published in issue #694 Feb 07, 2003 Order article reprints
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