Smart brother Ben Affleck

08-10-2007 07:30

Ben Affleck cast his brother Casey in 'Gone Baby Gone' to make himself look "smart".The 'Smokin' Aces' actor gave his younger sibling a lead role in his directorial debut so he could take the credit when it shot him to stardom.Ben, 35, said: "I cast him because I was lucky to get him. And I got to look smart. I got to be the guy who can say, 'I can show people how good he really is.' " The brothers claim to have had an almost telepathic understanding on the set of the film, which sees 32-year-old Casey star as a private eye investigating the apparent kidnapping of a four-year-old girl.Ben says: "We had a level of communication that made it easy. I'd say, 'Do this thing like Mr. So-and-So,' and he understood what it meant."Casey agrees: "We had a shorthand. When we didn't agree, there was no pressure. We talked about it."'Gone Baby Gone' will hit cinema screens worldwide later this month.