Times are tough. Even though you can’t necessarily tell from the box office enumbers, the recession is hitting Hollywood too. That’s how Maria Bello is finding herself in the enviable position of firing Ben Affleck… at least, within the context of a movie.

Variety announced that Bello and Craig T. Nelson are the most recent actors to join the cast of the independent comedy The Company Men, a movie about corporate downsizing and the consequences felt by the company’s employees. No, this isn’t another remake of Fun With Dick & Jane, at least as far as we can tell.

The movie already included Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, and Kevin Costner. Now Bello joins as a vice president of human resources who fires the character played by Affleck, while Nelson joins the cast as the CEO of a global conglomerate. The movie is written and directed by John Wells (who served as a producer on Infamous).