Ben Affleck Rules Out Political Career While Promoting Netflix's Animals
Affleck, who plays a mayoral candidate in the Netflix thriller, said campaigning for the role left him exhausted.
Ben Affleck said he has no interest in pursuing a political career, speaking in an interview to promote his role in the Netflix film Animals. Affleck plays Mark Kimball, a mayoral candidate whose son is kidnapped.
According to comingsoon.net, the actor said he was involved with politics for a few years earlier in his life, and that the experience left him disillusioned. He also described a single day of campaigning for the film as exhausting.
Animals features an ensemble cast that includes Kerry Washington, Gillian Anderson and Steven Yeun.
In October 2025, Animals was described as an upcoming Netflix thriller starring Affleck as a mayoral candidate.