Casey Affleck is ‘incredibly proud’ after Oscar win
It was improbable enough when Ben Affleck won a second Academy Award in 2012, following a career slide that included a string of mediocre movies. But few in Hollywood — or in his hometown of Cambridge, for that matter — would have predicted that Ben’s younger brother would also win an Oscar.
That’s not because Casey Affleck isn’t talented. He earned a nomination for best supporting actor a decade ago, for his role in “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.” It’s just that the younger Affleck never seemed much interested in a high-wattage Hollywood career like his celebrated sibling’s.
Yet there he was, clutching the golden statue at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles Sunday, looking dumbfounded after hearing he’d won the best-actor Oscar for “Manchester by the Sea.”
The Afflecks, who grew up going to the movies at Off the Wall Cinema in Central Square, are one of only two pairs of brothers to win Academy Awards in different categories. (James Goldman won for adapted screenplay in 1968; the following year, William Goldman won for original screenplay.)
Reached Tuesday in Canada, where he’s directing and acting in an independent movie called “Light of My Life,” Casey Affleck, speaking in a monotone reminiscent of his character in “Manchester by the Sea,” talked about becoming the second member of his family to win an Academy Award.
“It seems crazy . . . It must be nice for mom,” Affleck said, in his first interview since winning the Oscar. “I’m pretty proud of all the things Ben’s done, and I’m incredibly proud of the fact the Academy honored me in this way.”
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