Ben Affleck is mistaken for friend Matt Damon in hilarious new Dunkin’ Donuts ad
Ben Affleck stars in a new Dunkin’ Donuts ad.
This follows the one he did with his wife Jennifer Lopez that premiered in February during the Super Bowl.
In addition to appearing in the commercial, the 50-year-old animator conceptualized and directed the promo clip.
Shared on Monday, the ad shows Ben, who was recently spotted with his stepdaughter Emme, once again showing off his comedic chops.
As the filmmaker promotes a new offering called Dunkin Run, he is mistaken for his friend and collaborator Matt Damon, 52.
The scene opens with Ben arriving at a Dunkin’ store and announcing, “I’m here for the Dunkin’ Run campaign…commercial.”
The latest: Ben Affleck stars in a new Dunkin’ Donuts ad, after the one that debuted in February during the Super Bowl; pictured in his previous commercial
It’s a great deal: a large coffee, a donut for a dollar. I mean, it’s pretty good,” she explains to two cashiers.
The employees look puzzled, as they don’t recognize the Boston-bred Hollywood fixture.
Ben continued: “So I thought it would be authentic and meta – yes, I’m doing the commercial, but am I doing the commercial?”
He adds: ‘You know, I don’t do commercials. I am a real actor. This is an art form to me.
An employee thinks hard about where he might have seen the star before his coworker helps him out by saying, “You know, The Departed.”
It’s clear that he’s confused Ben with Damon, who starred in the 2006 film alongside fellow Boston native Mark Wahlberg.
Ben then repeats, ‘The Departed’, in a thick Northeastern accent as he realizes what’s going on.
Are you in The Departed? she asks before Ben shakes his head in frustration and says in disbelief, ‘I’m Matt Damon.’
Plot: While promoting a new offering called Dunkin Run, the filmmaker is mistaken for his friend and collaborator Matt Damon; photographed in 2015
Opening: The scene opens with Ben arriving at a Dunkin’ store and announcing, “I’m here for the Dunkin’ Run campaign…commercial.”
The worker then says, “I love him,” adding, “I think he’s had a really consistent career.”
The Gone Girl actor is dressed in a dark blue plaid shirt and charcoal coat in the 30 ad, which was filmed in Boston in January.
The clip ends with Ben leaving the establishment with his to-go order (iced coffee, milk, and two sugars) along with a donut.
People The magazine spoke with Affleck during filming and discussed the announcement, saying, “Dunkin’s run” is kind of an expression people would use to say, “I’m going to have a cup of coffee.” do a Dunkin’ run.”
It’s had several iterations and evolutions, and the most consistent version is like, you know, “come on [for a] Dunkin’ run”.
Ben also reflected on his old habit of drinking chain coffee, which started when he was a teenager.
‘I just took that for granted. I mean, if you went for coffee, there was no other coffee you would go to,” she recalled.
Super Bowl ad: The new commercial comes after Ben previously starred in an ad alongside his wife Jennifer Lopez earlier this year.
Scolded: Jennifer was shocked when she stopped at the coffee and baked goods chain to find her husband working the drive-thru window.
It comes after Ben previously starred in an ad alongside his wife Lopez earlier this year.
At the scene, the 53-year-old Marry Me star was surprised when she stopped at the coffee and baked goods chain to find the manager of Argo working the drive-thru window.
‘What are you doing? Is that what you do when you say you’re going to work all day? he asked the actor.
Lopez looked fabulous as always, wearing a white puffer jacket as she drove up to the window. Meanwhile, Ben acted like the perfect Dunkin’ employee, donning his logo t-shirt and matching peaked cap.
In the video, Affleck is shown surprising unassuming customers, with a hidden camera recording him taking orders.
‘Do I look familiar?’ she hilariously asks a customer. ‘No,’ the man replies.
Towards the end, Lopez surprises him and tells him to grab her a glazed donut before the job is done.
“I think people already think I work for Dunkin,” Affleck said. People about the commercial.
‘In Boston, it was a big problem. I think I kind of associated myself with that, and this sounded like a fun opportunity to play with that association, and an opportunity to come back here to shoot it at home in Boston.
Hungry: The 53-year-old Marry Me star motions for him to grab her a glazed donut before the job is done.