United Kingdom, May 22 -- Busy Philipps urged Ben Affleck to "save" the night during the Oscars Best Picture mix-up in 2017 "because he was Batman".

The 'Girls5Eva' actress had been seated next to the 52-year-old star - who portrayed the Caped Crusader in 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice', 'Justice League', 'Suicide Squad', and 'The Flash' - at the Academy Awards when Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway accidentally announced 'La La Land' had won the night's biggest honour, instead of correctly presenting it to 'Moonlight'.

And Busy and best friend Michelle Williams recalled the confusion that occurred immediately afterwards and how they put their faith in Ben.

Speaking on her show 'Busy This Week', Busy said: "We knew, cause we were rig...