The wife is out, the brother is in.
Ben Affleck stars in a new Dunkin’ ad for the Super Bowl 2025 with his brother and fellow actor, Casey Affleck.
Last year, the Massachussetts-raised actor, 52, did the Super Bowl 2024 Dunkin’ ad with his then-wife, Jennifer Lopez, before their split.
The new ad, which aired as a teaser during the 2025 Grammy Awards on Sunday, begins with the Affleck brothers in costume as the DunKings. They knock on the door to a dressing room where Jeremy Strong is inside.
“Jeremy is a method actor. He’s not coming out until he’s ready,” Casey, 49, tells his older sibling.
“What is that?” Ben asks in a deep Boston accent, as Casey explains, “Acting method from the book!”
“There’s a book?” a confused Ben says.
Casey tells Ben that Strong, 46, is “preparing” and “doing his research” in his room.
“I never did no research on nothing. Look where I’m at,” the “Argo” actor responds.
“Exactly,” Casey notes, as Ben replies, “Look where I’m at. We’re big time now.”
The duo barges into the room to discover Strong emerging from a Dunkin’ can covered in thick, slimy coffee grounds.
“We’re doing a Dunkin’ Donuts commercial, right?” the “Succession” star asks the Affleck brothers. “I’m just trying to find the character.”
Strong adds, “I think I found a way in. You’re from Boston, I’m from Boston. Dunkin’ is Boston. Boston is Paul Revere. One if by land, two if by sea. Red coats are coming.”
“You’re an artist, and I know what that’s like,” Ben says in a Boston accent. “But how long is it gonna take for the being method?”
“I’ll be ready in like three hours,” Strong tells Ben.
Casey then whispers to his brother, “You should have paid for Matt,” referring to Ben’s BFF Matt Damon, who appeared in the Dunkin’ Super Bowl ad last year as well.
“I told you that,” Ben says to Casey.
Strong has previously been slammed for his method acting by his former “Succession” co-stars Brian Cox and Kieran Culkin.
Last year, Affleck was joined by Lopez, 55, Damon, 54, and Tom Brady for the Dunkin’ ad that aired during Super Bowl LVIII.
The commercial featured Ben as a middle-aged rapper, decked out in foolish Dunkin’ duds, who busts into Lopez’s recording studio and performs with his fellow DunKings, which includes Damon and Brady.
The year before, Lopez similarly made an appearance in Ben’s 2023 Dunkin’ commercial, when she pulls into one of the company’s drive-throughs to discover the “Air” actor working there.
Lopez filed for divorce from Ben in Aug. 2024, two years after marrying and taking their second shot at love. They finalized their divorce last month.
