但卡西直到在高中时才开始真的爱上表演。当时他被选中演音乐剧版 "The Madwoman Of Chaillot"中的男主角,却发现自己是个无法分辨高低音的TONE DEAF,还要假唱。
但他开始上高中的戏剧班,并且对表演产生兴趣。就是他哥和马达都有参加的,当然当时马达已经毕业了。Affleck 家和Matt Damon是邻居,但由于他们年纪不同,马达要高大本两年级,所以他们兄弟和Matt 在童年不算是朋友,是大本和马达读同一间高中并一起上学校的戏剧班后才熟的。
他们的恩师都是高中的戏剧老师Gerry Speca,卡西有些作品也有特别鸣谢他,说過如果没有他自己就不会成为演员。他哥和马达都有说过是他令他们投身演艺。据 Speca说,马达 13岁就已经很坚定要当演员,对多小的角色都非常努力,大本也陆续接一些工作,也很确定自己要当演员,卡西则一直在思考。他说卡西愿意去注视一些自己不懂的事物,会去问自己而不是老师。
In one play, the 14-year-old Mr. Damon was assigned the position of a background guardsman. In spite of the minimal appearance, Mr. Speca said Matt Damon practiced his five lines incessantly, day after day until the performance.
“It still shows in his work,” he said.
In talking about his star students, Mr. Speca expressed a particularly soft spot for Casey Affleck.
“I loved Casey,” he said with a smile. He described Casey Affleck as having a willingness to look at what he did not know and question himself rather than the teacher. As an educator, Mr. Speca said he found that attitude exciting and personally inspiring.
“There was a depth there,” Mr. Speca said. “I believe I see it in his work [today].”
He praised Casey Affleck’s recent performance in “Manchester by the Sea,” for which Mr. Affleck won the 2017 Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
“That’s the Casey I know,” he said. “He said more with looks than words…he found the deeply conflicted soul. To me, there wasn’t a false note.”
老师在心灵捕手和失踪宝贝中也有出镜~