I had heard that aboutRFK Jr., that he said that.

I cannot believe that a man so intelligent would say something so dumb, he toldEntertainment Weekly.

Its such an ignorant thing to say.

Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal talk while sitting on top of a parked trailer in a still from ‘The Accountant 2’.

Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal in ‘The Accountant 2’ (2025)Amazon MGM Studios/Courtesy Everett Collection

Many of them will never use a toilet unassisted.

And we need to recognize that we are doing this to our children.

For us, it was just about humanizing the character.

(L-R): James B. Jones poses on a red carpet; Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at a podium; Dani Bowman poses on a red carpet.

Gavin O’Connor at the ‘The Accountant 2’ premiere during SXSW on March 8, 2025 in Austin, Texas.

I did a massive amount of research, he explained.

Despite the research that went into Afflecks portrayal, not all audiences have received the performance as intended.

All the kids in the movie and Justine, theyre all somewhere on the spectrum, he explained.

And what did I do with them?

[I said], Teach me; how would you do this?

What would you do?

How would you approach this?

You become the character, and you tell me.

And thats what they did.