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Ben Affleck Looks Shaggy In 'Argo' Still

Ben Affleck 's a man of action now, isn't he? A few years ago, his career relegated him to romcom barf fests like " Gigli " and "Surviving Christmas." Not anymore -- he's built up plenty of critical momentum and box office success through gritty dramas like " Gone Baby Gone " and " The Town ," enough to allow him to take on more heady roles, like next year's "Argo." That's the one where he's a CIA operative posing as a member of a film crew in order to rescue diplomats who've been taken hostage, all in 1979 Tehran. The movie they're pretending to work on? Naturally, it's a sci-fi film called "Argo." This first photo shows him looking a little shaggy, a little determined; definitely not the clean-cut wise guy he earned his early career heartthrob status through. He's looking very deliberately at some documents, but we've got no idea what they might be. Maybe it's a Denny's menu.
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