Ben Affleck’s opening up about his longtime friendship with Matt Damon. The Gone Lady actor stated in a current interview his “sanity and mental health” have “really benefited” from having Damon in his life. From their days as youngsters in Massachusetts to writing Good Will Looking and turning into family names, Affleck’s all the time had Damon in his nook.
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s friendship goes again a long time
Affleck and Damon didn’t meet in Hollywood at an business occasion or on a film set. They met lengthy earlier than they grew to become profitable actors. The 2 grew up down the road from one another in Massachusetts.
Damon’s stint at Harvard College within the ‘90s would without end change the course of their lives. The Stillwater star needed to write a screenplay as a part of a category project. He and Affleck finally turned it right into a 1,000-plus web page screenplay for what would turn out to be Good Will Looking. They bought the screenplay, starred within the film alongside Robin Williams, and went on to win the Oscar for Finest Authentic Screenplay.
Catapulted to fame their lives modified and they have been each starring in main film productions. However, in contrast to different actors, they’d one another to show to and depend on within the good instances and unhealthy.
Ben Affleck’s says his friendship with Matt Damon is ‘such an asset’ in Hollywood
Affleck is aware of simply how necessary Damon’s friendship is to him. Chatting with GQ about his longtime pal, who appeared on the quilt of the journal’s October 2021 problem, the Argo star stated Damon’s helped preserve his personal “sanity and mental health” in verify. It goes again to their historical past collectively and having identified one another earlier than they have been well-known.
“I can’t speak for Matt but my own kind of sanity and mental health really benefited from having someone who I grew up with and knew as a child who was also going through something similar,” he stated, referring to “this 20-year-plus journey of being in the public eye.”
Affleck continued, saying he “could reflect on it with honestly, talk things over with, be myself with, who I knew why we were friends, why he was interested and loved me, why I loved him.”
The Means Again star added that wonders how individuals can handle the highlight with out having somebody like Damon of their life.
“I often think of people who just become successful and then get thrust into this, and I think, ‘How do they do it without having somebody that they can talk to? Who they can trust? Who knew them before?’ It’s just been such an asset to me—and, I think, I hope, to Matt—this relationship that we’ve had,” he stated.
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are starring in ‘The Last Duel’ collectively
Get able to see one of the best pals on the massive display screen as a result of they’re teaming up once more for one more mission. Affleck and Damon star in The Final Duel, the upcoming historic drama directed by Ridley Scott. They co-wrote the screenplay with screenwriter Nicole Holofcener.
Amongst Damon and Affleck’s co-stars are Killing Eve’s Jodie Comer and Adam Driver. The Final Duel premieres on Oct. 15, 2021.