'Powerful men don’t have to be cruel': Ben Affleck is a 1920s gangster in crime drama Live By Night co-starring Zoe Saldana
Ben Affleck plays a 1920s gangster in upcoming crime drama Live By Night.
The actor got to put his Boston accent to use again for the prohibition-era flick, which also stars Zoe Saldana.
In a teaser trailer released on Thursday the 44-year-old is seen playing Joe Coughlin, the son of the Boston police superintendent, who chooses to live the life of an outlaw, turning his back on his strict upbringing.
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The teaser trailer for Live By Night was released on Thursday showing Ben Affleck as a 1920s gangster
'I signed up to fight in the war. I went away a soldier. I came home an outlaw.' Affleck's Coughlin narrates.
At the start of the clip he looks suave in a crisp linen suit and fedora as he talks to love interest Graciella Suarez (Saldana).
'You don’t think I’m strong enough?' Affleck asks.
'I don’t know if you’re cruel enough,' Saldana answers, to which he replies: 'Powerful men don’t have to be cruel.'
Affleck plays Joe Coughlin, the son of the Boston police superintendent, who chooses to live the life of an outlaw, turning his back on his strict upbringing
'I don’t know if you’re cruel enough,' Saldana's Graciella Suarez tells Coughlin, to which he replies: 'Powerful men don’t have to be cruel'
Red flag: Sienna Miller plays Emma Gould, the mistress of a powerful mobster
Cue car chases and shoot outs and a very glamorous looking Sienna Miller who plays Emma Gould, the mistress of a powerful mobster.
After some time behind bars in Boston Coughlin is propelled into Tampa’s underworld becoming an infamous gangster.
'We all find ourselves in lives we didn't expect,' Coughlin says.
Elle Fanning appears as preacher Loretta Figgis - also the daughter of a Tampa police chief - in some of the more ominous scenes.
'I signed up to fight in the war. I went away a soldier. I came home an outlaw.' Affleck as Coughlin narrates
The action-packed trailer features numerous shoot-outs and car-chases
Headed south: Coughlin ends up in Tampa after things go wrong for him in Boston
'Did you find out if you are as cruel as you need to be?' Saldana asks near the end of the clip but we don't hear his answer.
'I realized to be free in this life, breaking the rules meant nothing,' Coughlin concludes.
'You had to be strong enough to make your own.'
Gun-toting: Coughlin slips deep into organised crime becoming an infamous gangster
Elle Fanning pops up as preacher Loretta Figgis, daughter of the Tampa police chief, in some of the more ominous scenes
Chris Cooper, Brendan Gleeson and Chris Messina also star in movie based on the book by Dennis Lehane.
Affleck directs and also adapted the screenplay for the movie which is slated for release January 13 2017.
He also produced the flick along with Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson Killoran.
At the helm: Affleck directs and also adapted the screenplay for the movie which is slated for release January 13 2017
'Did you find out if you are as cruel as you need to be?' Saldana asks at the end of the clip
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