BEN AFFLECK - AFFLECK IMPRESSED BY AMY RYAN

AFFLECK IMPRESSED BY AMY RYAN

Director BEN AFFLECK was so impressed by actress AMY RYAN, he hired her on the spot following her audition for GONE BABY GONE. And Affleck was so excited at the emergence of the new talent, he begged her not to turn down the role. He says, "I think Amy is brilliant and I'm really glad to see that people will get to see more of her. "And I just lucked out that she walked into the room. She read one scene in the audition and I like stopped and said, 'You're hired. Please do the movie.'" Ryan's performance in the film as a drug addicted mother has already been tipped for an Academy Award.