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"Kevin Smith has revealed that Ben Affleck had a &amp;quot;panic room&amp;quot; built in his old house.  The director, who bought Affleck&amp;#039;s home in 2003, was surprised to find the secret space while receiving a tour from the actor during a barbeque in 2001.  &amp;quot;He was having a [party] with a bunch of people - he was very proud, showing off the house. Rightfully so, it\u00E2\u20AC\u2122s a gorgeous house. I\u00E2\u20AC\u2122ve constantly benefited from Ben Affleck\u00E2\u20AC\u2122s excellent taste. So he\u00E2\u20AC\u2122s showing us around and says, &amp;#039;I can\u00E2\u20AC\u2122t wait to show you this, when I was building this, I knew you\u00E2\u20AC\u2122d love it. Come with me to my bedroom&amp;#039;,&amp;quot; he told the New York Post. &amp;quot;He brings me into this office off the master bedroom, which is now my master bedroom. And in this office is a beautiful bookcase and he says, &amp;#039;Watch this&amp;#039;. He reaches over and under the bookshelf there is a hidden button and the bookshelf pushes back, Batman-style. At that point I fully expected Ben to say, &amp;#039;Let&amp;#039;s go fight crime in Los Angeles!&amp;#039; But it wasn\u00E2\u20AC\u2122t - he says, &amp;#039;Dude, I built a panic room!&amp;#039;&amp;quot; Smith added that his high expectations for the space were not met when he was finally allowed in.  &amp;quot;I couldn\u00E2\u20AC\u2122t wait to go into it, I was expecting the Bat Cave. It was literally a 2x2 room. It was tiny. It might have been a small bathroom back in the day. The panic room had a safe in it, a video monitor and a phone so in case someone came you could hide in there,&amp;quot; he explained. &amp;quot;From the outside, it was very Hollywood. It was astounding. The moment you got inside... it\u00E2\u20AC\u2122s not what you\u00E2\u20AC\u2122re hoping for from Ben Affleck\u00E2\u20AC\u2122s secret room. There is not a staircase that leads you down to a ski boat that takes you onto the bay.&amp;quot; Smith insisted that he and his family don&amp;#039;t use the room for its intended purpose, but instead to store his children&amp;#039;s old Christmas gifts. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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