Casey Affleck is sharing the story of how he rescued Seth Meyers ‘ family from a stranded boat. During an appearance on Late Night With Seth Meyers on Thursday, August 15, Affleck, 49, recalled the events leading up to saving the SNL alum’s family on not one, but two boats. The Instigators star shared that he was visiting his mom on Cape Cod when he met up with a friend to go boating and spend the day on the water.
“So I go out on this very small, teeny little boat and we’re zipping out, launching into the water, and we see this family – an older gentleman, this lovely woman and a little baby – and they’re sort of waving, but it became clear they’re waving for help,” he began. “So we went over to this family and they said, ‘Our boat’s dead. We’re adrift.
’ So we thought, ‘Oh god, we gotta help them out.’” After heading back to shore to retrieve a battery so they could jump the stranded boat, ultimately “saving their lives,” as Affleck joked, he and his pal hopped on jet skis and continued their water activities. “We’re puttering about and then I see another boat, and there you are, standing at the bow of this little boat – shirt off, tan, svelte.
Your chest was up, it was like Leo on the Titanic,” Affleck continued. “I don’t know what you were doing out there, but you looked great. You were like a nautical leader of men.
” Once Affleck returned to shore, he said someone who he was with got a phone call about Meyers’ boat. �.