Ben Affleck Blasts Paparazzi for Intrusion

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Paparazzi are coming under fire in Venice. Ben Affleck , who stars in "Hollywoodland" -- a film about the mysterious death of Superman actor George Reeves -- took the opportunity to lash out at the photographers eager to snap his shot.

"I think more and more people pay attention to actors' private lives (and that) makes it difficult to suspend disbelief when you are going to watch their movie because really what you are thinking about is whatever you have read about them in a magazine rather than the performance they are giving, and it makes the actor's job harder," Affleck said at a news conference. "The movies become incidental pit-stops and commercial breaks in the soap opera of their life."

Affleck's comments sparked a renewed interest in Venice about paparazzi, who were booed when they appeared on the screen early during the world premiere of "The Queen" on Saturday -- three days after the anniversary of Princess Diana's 1997 death. The docudrama is about the friction between British Premier Tony Blair and the Queen in the wake of the car crash that ended the princess' life.