Mallrats 2
Kevin Smith is hopeful Ben Affleck will return forMallrats 2 . Since hold his debut in 1994 withClerks , Smith has not only expand his filmography to no small degree , but he ’s also gained a highly dedicated fanbase .
The winner ofClerkshelped usher in a unexampled epoch of autonomous , low - budget filmmaking , well before the day of modest , highly affordable HD camera and easily procurable editing software . Smith gained substantial acknowledgement for the manner in which he produce affordable drollery , and as the hype surroundingClerksbegan to die down somewhat , everyone marvel whether he could keep this newfound plaudit or whether he ’d simply bea one - hit wonder . Of of course , today we know that Smith hold out on to more than prove his worth as a film producer , but back in 1995 , the motion still lingered . The follow up toClerkswasMallrats , a unusual sort of buddy drollery starring Jeremy London and Jason Lee in which the two spend their day getting into an assortment of encounters and adventures in a local shopping mall . The film was a smasher , though it was n’t as financially or critically successful asClerkshad been .
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As Smith seems to have now entered into a pretty nostalgic phase with his filmmaking – get already releaseda sequel to 2001’sJay and Silent Bob Strike Back , as well as herald a thirdClerksfilm , it felt as though it was only a matter of sentence before he get to act upon on aMallratssequel . Not only do we have ratification thatMallrats 2is definitely on its way , but now thanks toComicbook , we ’ve learned that in addition to the rest of the original retrovert cast , Smith is promising that Ben Affleck will also look in the continuation . Smith had this to say regarding the possibility :
" Well Shannon Hamilton is definitely in the script . He ’s not like a primary fiber who pops up all the time and stuff , but he help set our plot in motion . It ’s a little part than Ben had inReboot . So my catgut inherent aptitude is if he was willing to do that prominent part , he might be credibly willing to do the small part as well . You know , I reckon it ’ll look where we shoot down it and stuff like that . But I hope so . "
For those who do n’t recall , Affleck ’s Shannon Hamilton fibre was aprime curse of Brodie ( Lee ) inMallrats . A consecrate employee atThe Fashionable Male , Hamilton ’s box-shaped grey causa and cocky / standoffish attitude made him fun to dislike . It ’s hard to imagine just what sort of role Smith could have written for Affleck in theMallrats 2script , but as the conductor states , it ’s a small part than what Affleck had in last year’sJay and Silent Bob Reboot . Still , a small role by no means makes it less entertaining , and with Affleck and Smith ’s friendship having latterly been rejuvenate , there does n’t seem to be any cause ( block programming conflict ) , why Affleck could n’t return for the subsequence .
In fact , the tangible question regarding Affleck andMallrats 2is whether he could possibly have a bigger role than what Smith had originally mean . If , as Smith state , Shannon Hamilton helps set the plot in motion , then perhaps if Affleck does commit toMallrats 2 , there could be a way to squawk up his part . Affleck was hilarious in the firstMallrats , so it only stands to reason that a role in the sequel should be double as important and twice as funny .
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