That giant phoenix on his fake is totally fake. Ben Affleck revealed in a recent interview with Extra that his huge back tattoo is NOT at all real. Well, he told Mario Lopez it was all ?fake for a movie? he was working on. ?I actually do have a number of tattoos, but I try to have them in places where you don?t have to do a lot of cover up,? he said. ?A phoenix rising from the ashes.