Ben Affleck says he was forced to fix his TEETH to play 'sexy' role in 1998 film Armageddon

Actors are accustomed to gaining and losing weight for their roles but changing teeth for a part doesn't happen as often.

Ben Affleck, however, knows the feeling of being asked to perfect his smile for a film.

The actor, 49, recently opened up about the requirements he was forced to meet before playing his 'sexy' role in 1998's Armageddon.

Transformation: Ben Affleck recently opened up about the requirements he was forced to meet before playing his 'sexy' role in 1998's Armageddon, including revamping his smile (Ben pictured left in 1997 and right in 1998)

'I was a little naive about the opinions people would form about me,' the Good Will Hunting actor said in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. 'Or Michael [Bay] and Jerry [Bruckheimer]'s focus on aesthetics, like, "You guys gotta go to the tanning bed!"'

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He continued, 'They made me fix my teeth and work out and be sexy. Be sexy, how do I do that? "Go to the gym!" Running in the gym and putting oil on my body and stuff, and it just turned out to be a long-form version of one of those male topless calendars, in a garage, carrying a tire, kind of greased up.'

According to Affleck, Michael Bay, the director of the film, had a very specific vision for the movie, one that included, 'a glistening male torso in the oil, and he was like, "That's going to go in the trailer and sell tickets!"'  

Opinions about him: 'I was a little naive about the opinions people would form about me,' the Good Will Hunting actor said in an interview with Entertainment Weekly (pictured 1999)

Specific vision: According to Affleck, Michael Bay had a very specific vision for the movie, one that included, 'a glistening male torso in the oil'

While Armageddon didn't get the best reviews, the Gone Girl actor revealed that his kids still love that movie. 

'It's funny because that's the one movie of mine that my kids have watched and they'll kind of all admit to liking, even though they relentlessly mock it and me,' the star said. '"What are you, driving a tank on the moon?" But they had fun, you know what I mean? They won't even watch The Town. So there you have it.'

Also in the interview, Affleck called Gigli, a box office flop, as a 'gift' because it's where he met Jennifer Lopez.  

Even his kids like it: While Armageddon didn't get the best reviews, the Gone Girl actor revealed that his kids still love that movie (pictured with Liv Tyler in 1998)

Ben famously met JLo on the set of the film, which began shooting in 2001, however she was still married to second husband Cris Judd at the time. 

The movie came out after Jen finalized her divorce with Cris, and 'Bennifer' was born. 

Looking back on it, Ben said, '[Gigli] didn't work and we did five weeks of reshoots, which we knew were not gonna work. It was a movie that didn't work.'

'It's just that it became a story in and of itself. The funny name, the Jennifer Lopez romance and overexposure of that, it was kind of a perfect storm,' he added. 

A 'gift': Also in the interview, Affleck called Gigli, a box office flop, as a 'gift' because it's where he met Jennifer Lopez (pictured 2021)

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