Ben Affleck is dashing as ever out in LA… as The Tender Bar begins shooting in Boston

Ben Affleck is dashing as ever out in LA… as his upcoming movie The Tender Bar films in Boston directed by George Clooney

Ben Affleck was spotted looking dashing as ever when he surfaced from lockdown in Los Angeles this Friday.

The smoldering 48-year-old Hollywood heartthrob was California casual in a dark sweater he threw over a white T-shirt.

He rolled up his sleeves to show off his enviably toned forearms and complemented his top with a pair of dark blue jeans.

Stepping out: Ben Affleck was spotted looking dashing as ever when he surfaced from lockdown in Los Angeles this Friday

Meanwhile Ben’s upcoming movie The Tender Bar in which he plays the titular bar’s owner Uncle Charlie has begun shooting.

George Clooney is directing the movie in Ben’s native Massachusetts and was seen in the Boston suburbs this week at work on the project. 

The movie is based on the 2005 memoirs by Pulitzer-winning author J.R. Moehringer who used to spend time at his uncle’s Long Island bar in search of a father figure.

J.R.’s memoir reveals his father was a DJ who left when his son was a baby prompting the author to search for a stand-in among the barflies.

Mover and shaker:u00A0The smoldering 48-year-old Hollywood heartthrob was California casual in a dark sweater he threw over a white T-shirt

Mover and shaker: The smoldering 48-year-old Hollywood heartthrob was California casual in a dark sweater he threw over a white T-shirt

Ben like George is a movie star who has turned director in a number of previous films and is set to assume the same position again.

In fact after The Tender Bar Ben’s docket includes directing and starring in a World War II movie that is entitled Ghost Army.

His latest sighting comes shortly after his ex-wife Jennifer Garner changed her mind on one of her famous quotes from the early days of their separation.

The 48-year-old actress told Vanity Fair in 2016 that ‘I lost the dream of dancing with my husband at my daughter’s wedding.’

Meanwhile: Ben's upcoming movie The Tender Bar directed by George Clooney (pictured in 2019 in Milan) has begun shooting in Boston

Meanwhile: Ben’s upcoming movie The Tender Bar directed by George Clooney (pictured in 2019 in Milan) has begun shooting in Boston

However in a recent Hollywood Reporter interview she smiled and said: ‘When our kids get married, we’ll dance, I know that now.’

The onetime couple tied the knot in 2005 and over the course of their marriage welcomed Violet, 15, Seraphina, 12, and Samuel, nine. 

After they separated in 2015 they sustained a co-parenting relationship that was so friendly that it led to frequent reunion rumors. 

When they first separated in 2015 Ben was amid a swirl of reports about his affair with the family’s nanny Christine Ouzounian.

Amends:u00A0His latest sighting comes shortly after his ex-wife Jennifer Garner changed her mind on one of her famous quotes from the early days of their separation; they are pictured in 2014

Amends: His latest sighting comes shortly after his ex-wife Jennifer Garner changed her mind on one of her famous quotes from the early days of their separation; they are pictured in 2014 

However Jennifer clarified to Vanity Fair in that 2016 interview: ‘Let me just tell you something. We had been separated for months before I ever heard about the nanny.’

The 13 Going On 30 actress continued: ‘She had nothing to do with our decision to divorce. She was not a part of the equation. Bad judgment? Yes. It’s not great for your kids for [a nanny] to disappear from their lives.’ 

Since the split from Jennifer he has had long-term relationships with Saturday Night Live producer Lindsay Shookus and his Deep Water co-star Ana De Armas.