There’s not a lot of accounting being done in “The Accountant 2.” In Gavin’s O’Connor’s 2016 action-thriller “The Accountant,” neurodivergent number-cruncher Christian Wolff (Ben Affleck) was equally likely to choose a spreadsheet or a gun when balancing the metaphorical books.

The director and the writer of the surprisingly successful “Accountant” franchise join Affleck to discuss its origins, getting ahead in Hollywood and learning to line dance.

Ben Affleck is back as forensic-accountant-turned-Rambo, Christian Wolff, in “The Accountant 2,” the sequel to his 2016 action hit, “ The Accountant .” Your Boston buddy reunites with director Gavin O’Connor and screenwriter Bill Dubuque, as well as Jon Bernthal, who reprises his role as Christian’s hitman brother, Braxton.