Ben Affleck appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” amid his press tour for Netflix’s “The Rip” and looked back on the “massive embarrassment” of being snubbed at the Oscars for best director with “Argo.” Affleck was a frontrunner to land a nom. He won best director honors at the Golden Globes, Critics Choice Awards and BAFTAs. Alas, Affleck was snubbed while “Argo” went on to earn seven Oscar nominations and win best picture and two other prizes.
“It was the year, the horrible thing of everyone telling you, ‘You’re gonna get nominated, you’re gonna get nominated for director,’” Affleck remembered. “And so, of course, I wake up that morning,
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