Ben Affleck had to grow his hair out for his latest film “Argo,” a political thriller set in the ’70s, and despite what tabloids said, the actor admits he was not trying to channel Justin Bieber.



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“About halfway through growing it ou,t the tabloids said that I was trying to be Justin Bieber, ” Affleck told “CBS This Morning” co-hosts Charlie Rose, Gayle King and Norah O’Donnell on Tuesday, after King joked that his hair in the film had a Bee Gees vibe.


“I am a big fan of Justin Bieber’s, but I was not trying to emulate his haircut,” he explained. “It was a bad mid-point there. I feel like I got it down. I felt like I was more of a Kurt Russell in ‘Escape From New York’ vibe.”


The Oscar-winning actor directs and stars in “Argo,” which tells the true story behind the rescue of six U.S. diplomats from Tehran, Iran, during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis.