Ben Affleck joined his longtime pal and collaborator Matt Damon and his glamorous wife Luciana Barroso at the Los Angeles premiere of their new film Animals on Thursday.The actor, 54, cozied up to the couple on the red carpet just days after revealing that his own three children ignore his relationship advice, following his two failed marriages to Jennifer Lopez, 57, and Jennifer Garner, 54.Affleck – who recently broke his silence on the death of his parents – looked sharp in a black suit with a striped blue shirt and navy tie peeking out from underneath.The Oscar winner, who is directing himself for the fifth time, plays Mark in the crime thriller, which will be released on Netflix on October 9. Damon – who is one of the film’s producers – was originally cast in the role but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts with Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey.The Jason Bourne star, 55, opted for a pinstripe black suit with a grey button-up and a matching tie for the occasion. Damon’s wife, 50, wowed in a low-cut silk top under a stylish oversized red suit. The pair have defied Hollywood odds since tying the knot in 2005. They have three kids: Isabella, 20, Gia, 18, and Stella, 15. Barroso also has daughter Alexia, 27, from her first marriage to Arbello Barroso. Ben Affleck, 54, joined his longtime pal and collaborator Matt Damon, 55, and his glamorous wife Luciana Barroso, 50, at the Los Angeles premiere of their new film Animals on Thursday Affleck looked sharp in a black suit with a striped blue shirt and navy tie peeking out from underneathThe movie follows a mayoral candidate and his wife as they resort to extreme measures while desperate to pay their son’s ransom, ‘revealing dark secrets they never intended to bring to light,’ according to IMDb. His co-star Kerry Washington, 49, who plays his wife, stunned in a long white gown with a side cut-out. She accessorized with a zebra print clutch and wore her hair slicked back. Affleck recently shared that he used artificial intelligence (AI) during the making of Animals, which he also co-wrote.’I used [AI] for lots of things in that movie,’ he said at a Q&A for Bloomberg Screentime, as per Deadline.’I’m a little bit hesitant to point out what they are or even talk about it because, in my business, we’re trying to foster the illusion of reality, right? It’s sort of like if you went to a magic show and the magician walked out and said, “Just before I start, I want you to know there’s another bunny under here. This guy’s a plant.” It sort of ruins it, right?”But yes, we did use it. And in fact, I thought it was a good example because it’s a very human movie. It’s not in space, it doesn’t have visual effects, but it allowed us to move in some cases more quickly, really mostly in post-production, to do things that otherwise we wouldn’t have been able to do.’ Last week, Affleck revealed his three kids refuse to take relationship advice from him after his two failed marriages. Affleck shares Violet, 20, Fin, 17, and Sam, 14 with ex-wife Garner.While appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live, the actor said he sometimes tries to impart wisdom to his children – to which they respond with snark. The actor cozied up to the couple on the red carpet It comes just days after he revealed that his own three children ignore his relationship advice, following his two failed marriages to Jennifer Lopez, 57, and Jennifer Garner, 54 The trio appeared to have a blast as they posed for the cameras Damon and his wife have defied the Hollywood odds since tying the knot in 2005 They have three kids: Isabella, 20, Gia, 18, and Stella, 15. Barroso also has daughter Alexia, 27, from her first marriage to Arbello Barroso The Jason Bourne star opted for a pinstripe black suit with a grey button-up and a matching tie for the occasion. His wife wowed in a low-cut silk top under a stylish oversized red suit Affleck’s co-star Kerry Washington, 49, who plays his wife, stunned in a long white gown with a side cut-out She accessorized with a zebra print clutch and wore her hair slicked back It comes after Affleck recently explained why he cast Garner as his love interest in Animals, but later recast her with Washington Affleck said he realized he and his ex-wife would be acting out a rocky marriage onscreen, which might not look good, given their relationship history The Oscar winner recently shared that he used artificial intelligence (AI) ‘for lots of things’ in the making of Animals, which he also co-wrote The cast posed for selfiesThe father of three shared: ‘I’ll say, “You know, well the thing about that relationship there…” and the 17-year-old turns to me and goes, “Oh, like you’re the expert on relationships?”‘Affleck and Garner were married from 2005 until their separation in 2015, and their divorce was finalized in 2018.He was later married to Lopez from 2022 to 2024 – after they previously called off their engagement in 2004.The Boston native explained to Kimmel: ‘I give advice and try to talk to them, parent them as you do. What I found is that now it’s not only one teenager rolling their eyes.’I’ll kind of launch into something at the dinner table and I’ll catch them giving each other looks and I realize I’m the caricature in this story.’He said he always imagined himself being the ‘cool dad’ before his brood grew up to deliver sarcastic one-liners.Affleck then shared an anecdote about Fin’s cutting humor.He recalled: ‘I went to a bookstore with them… and there’s some book by a French guy and it’s called I’m Sorry for Everything, and my kid just turns to me deadpan [and] goes, “Oh look, dad, it’s your autobiography.”‘It comes after the star recently explained why he cast Garner as his love interest in Animals, but later recast her with Washington.’I thought, God, Jen Garner would be amazing for this role,’ he told Entertainment Weekly. ‘It also has the added benefit of, like, both of us will see our kids more because we do a week and a week and back and forth. I thought, well, we can coordinate our schedules around it.’Affleck said he realized he and his ex-wife would be acting out a rocky marriage onscreen, which might not look good, given their relationship history.’I talked to Jen, and she was like, “We don’t wanna do that. You just get baggage,”‘ he said. Affleck, who is directing himself for the fifth time, plays a mayoral candidate in the crime thriller, which will be released on Netflix on October 9Join the discussionShould Ben Affleck’s kids take his relationship advice despite his failed marriages?What’s your view?However, he added: ‘I would love to work with her, frankly. She’s fabulous, and we’re really good friends, and I’m profoundly grateful to her, and we have a great thing.”I still would wanna work with her in the future, but what you don’t wanna do is take the audience’s baggage and have it work against you, you know?’The exes are sometimes seen running errands with their children, demonstrating their amicable co-parenting relationship.They have also been known to spend holidays together post-divorce.