It’s not always easy to get a sense of how costars really feel about each other in interviews. Even if things weren’t so great behind the scenes, they’re usually pretty good at pretending everyone got along. They’re actors, after all.
But Ben Affleck says one rising star, One Battle After Another Golden Globe winner and Grammy-nominated singer Teyana Taylor, has been getting as much praise amongst her peers privately as she has in public.
“I talked to Paul [Thomas Anderson], and it was like, everybody raves about her,” Affleck tells Entertainment Weekly of his The Rip costar. “I ran into DiCaprio, and he had nothing but incredible things to say. And these are informal…