While at the Venice Film Festival, Affleck compared himself to George Reeves, the original Superman, whom Affleck is portraying in a new film called �Hollywoodland�.
Reeves found fame as Superman in the US TV series �The Adventures of Superman� but was typecast and failed to find any other work; he was found dead from a single gunshot wound and was assumed to have committed suicide.
Speaking at the festival Affleck said: "Sometimes an audience can conflate an actor's life with the character he's playing. More and more, people are paying attention to actors' private lives - even the most mundane aspects of their private lives. Movies become commercial breaks in the soap opera of actors' lives.
"There are some things I understand about George Reeves' life because of the kind of life I have. I feel I can relate to the guy,"
"I feel connected to him and I understand him. To audiences, George was the Man of Steel. There was more to him than that and that frustrated him, and that's what I can understand.�
After high profile romances with Jennifer Lopez and Gwyneth Paltrow Affleck is now married to fellow actress Jennifer Garner; they have one daughter Violet.
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