Ben Affleckis looking back at a performance he’s not so proud of.
After joking about being “fired” from multiple jobs in his youth due to his “tardiness problem as a teenager,” Affleck recalled one of his first-ever film roles: in 1992’sBuffy the Vampire Slayer.
“I got one line … it was for a basketball player,” he said.
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
Ben Affleck inBuffy the Vampire Slayer(1992).
Affleck said he initially thought his delivery of the dialogue — namely, telling a werewolf who runs through the gym as his character is playing to “take [the ball]” — was “good.”
“I was feeling it; I felt authentically afraid,” he added. “And then I went and saw the movie with friends … and I sounded very different. And I realized right thenthey re-recorded my line.”
“I was so bad. They needed me to be in the scene, but the director [Fran Rubel Kuzui] obviously [was like], ‘I can’t hear the voice again!’ " theOscarwinner continued. “They had to pay someone to come in and say, ‘Hey man, take it.’ Because apparently, I couldn’t say that convincingly enough.”
After Corden, 44, played the short clip of Affleck’s performance for the studio audience, the actor couldn’t help but laugh.
“Sounds likeChris Tucker!” he joked of the dubbed voice.
Ben Affleck.The Late Late Show with James Corden
RELATED GALLERY:Buffy the Vampire SlayerCast: Where Are They Now?
Joss Whedon— who would go on to create the popular series of the same name — wrote the screenplay for the film, which also starredLuke Perry,Hilary Swank,David Arquette,Paul ReubensandDonald Sutherland, among others.
Airis now playing in theaters.
source: people.com
