Ben Affleck thinks Batman v Superman would give his youngest kid nightmares

Actor Ben Affleck is starring in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, but his No. 1 fan is too young to see the PG-13 action go down. Affleck told The Associated Press he won't let his 4-year-old son, Samuel, watch the entire film.

"I don't want him to have nightmares," Affleck said.

But that doesn't mean Samuel will have to miss out entirely, thanks to Affleck's terribly cute idea.

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"I'll have to con one of the editors into giving me a truncated version of the movie without some of the scarier stuff," he said.