Ben Affleck Calls David Fincher a “f*cking Liar” Over Story He Shut Down Production of ‘Gone Girl’ for 4 Days Over Yankee Hat Dispute

13 Oct 2026, 15:21 by Chrissy Stockton · Thought Catalog

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Updated 47 minutes ago, October 13, 2026

Ben Affleck says his refusal to wear a Yankees cap in Gone Girl took about 20 minutes to resolve. Director David Fincher’s DVD commentary turned that disagreement into a claim that production stopped for 4 days, an account Affleck disputes.

Ben Affleck gestures while speaking at the Bloomberg Screentime 2026 conference in Los Angeles on September 30, 2026. Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images.

“He’s such a lying motherf*cker, that is such a f*cking lie,” Affleck said. “I do love him, and I’m friends with him, and I adore him, but he’ll f*cking lie if he thinks it will get a reaction.” He attributed the story to Fincher’s “dark sense of humor” and desire to make him suffer.

A lifelong Red Sox devotee, Affleck claps while watching his team take on the Yankees at Fenway Park on July 25, 2004 — the same day he called for a Yankees pitcher’s ejection. Photo by Darren McCollester / Getty Images.

The dispute came over an airport scene in the 2014 thriller: Nick Dunne, played by Affleck, needed a cap to help him avoid being recognized. Fincher wanted a New York Yankees hat. Affleck, a lifelong Boston Red Sox fan, refused because he thought he’d never hear the end of wearing the rival team’s logo.

Nick Dunne (Affleck) moves through a crowd wearing a New York Mets cap — the compromise hat ultimately used in the airport scene from Gone Girl (2014) after Affleck refused to don a Yankees cap. Credit: Gone Girl (2014).

He was previously forced to wear a Yankees jersey on Total Request Live in 2004 after losing a bet.

Affleck on stage at MTV’s Total Request Live in March 2004, holding a microphone and sporting a New York Yankees jersey — the very team he’d later refuse to rep on screen. Photo by Scott Gries / Getty Images.

“The truth is, I don’t think anyone had ever said no to him about anything,” Affleck said. They settled on a New York Mets cap, which he described as “very Switzerland.” That’s the hat Nick wears in the finished film.

Affleck also joked that he didn’t even need 4 days to decide whether to appear naked in the movie, which includes a glimpse of full-frontal nudity during a shower scene. His response to that scene: “Oh f*ck it, alright.”

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