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Ben Affleck Reveals He Had Food Poisoning While Filming Emotional 'Armageddon' Scene!

Shannon Keenan
Shannon Keenan

01:15 19 Jan 2026


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Talk about a rough day on set!

Ben Affleck has opened up about being really sick during an emotional scene in the 1998 hit, Armageddon!

The Rip actor admitted he was vomiting between takes when he was filming the "goodbye" scene with Bruce Willis nearly 30 years ago.

Speaking to Fox 32 Chicago‘s Jake Hamilton he revealed: "When we shot that scene, I had food poisoning."

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I wasn’t an experienced enough actor at that point to know that you can just pick up the phone and be like, ‘I’m too sick to work today.’ I’m like, ‘I better come in," he continued.

"I went and I was literally, it’s the only time it’s ever happened in my life, vomiting between takes. They had a garbage can, and I was chucking. They yelled, ‘Cut,’ and I was [makes vomit noises].”

"It probably made the scene better," he laughed.

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