Jennifer Garner helped her ex-husband, Ben Affleck , keep an acting gig after he entered rehab again for alcoholism, The Way Back director Gavin OConnor revealed in a new interview published Monday in University of Pennsylvanias 34th Street outlet.

OConnor told 34th Street that the studio thought the basketball movie, starring Affleck as an alcoholic coach, would be scrapped even as they prepped it.

But Garner helped keep the film on track after Afflecks relapse, he said.

His ex-wife, Jennifer Garner, called me up and told me that when he went to rehab, he took a basketball with him, OConnor said. She said, Gavin, hes asking you: Please dont pull the plug on the movie. He really wants to do this.