Ben Affleck returns in 'The Accountant 2,' opening this week

Ben Affleck on being asked about a 'Good Will Hunting' sequel

Ben Affleck returns as a dangerous math savant with a gun in the follow up to his 2016 action thriller — but he told FOX 32 Entertainment Reporter Jake Hamilton that it's not the first film of his that he's been approached for a sequel.

CHICAGO - Nearly a decade after the original film was a massive success at the box office, "The Accountant 2" opens in theaters around Chicago this weekend. 

What they're saying:

Ben Affleck returns as a dangerous math savant with a gun in the follow up to his 2016 action thriller — but told FOX 32 Entertainment Reporter Jake Hamilton that it's not the first film of his that he's been approached for a sequel.

"I did once meet with someone who asked me if we were going to do a sequel to 'Good Will Hunting,'" Affleck said, referring to his Oscar-winning 1997 drama. "I was like 'I don't know what that would be.' That did not feel like a thing that made sense to me.'" 

Affleck did joke that he may have accidently made a sequel to one of his other hit blockbusters: the 1998 sci-fi action film "Armageddon."

"'Pearl Harbor' turned out to be kind of an 'Armageddon' sequel," Affleck joked. "It wasn't intended to be that, but then halfway through I thought 'Is this just 'Armageddon' in World War II?'"

Affleck can be seen in "The Accountant 2," opening in theaters around Chicago on Thursday.