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Matt’s movie blessings from Ben

Matt Damon and John Krasinski got some help from “Argo” director Ben Affleck on their new movie “Promised Land,” which they co-wrote and star in. “Ben gave us advice,” Krasinski told us at a Focus Features screening at the AMC Loews Lincoln Square 13 Tuesday. “He read the script, pretty much every other draft along the entire way. We were really lucky to have his advice and his blessing because he really loved the movie.” Krasinski admitted it was Damon’s idea to involve Affleck, and knows he won’t be a third wheel in the “Good Will Hunting” pair’s long-term bromance. “I know that I will never be Ben,” Krasinski continued, joking, “but I will give ‘Argo 2’ a shot.” Damon has compared “The Office” star Krasinski to George Clooney. But guest Stanley Tucci had other ideas: “I believe he will be the next Rosemary Clooney,” Tucci said, “but shorter. And Polish.” He added, “John is my brother-in-law, so I can say anything I want.” (Tucci’s wed to literary agent Felicity Blunt, and Krasinski’s married to her actor sister, Emily.)