Ben Affleck, Matt Damon 'AIR' reunion: Why the 'feel-good movie' almost didn't happen
07.04.2023 - 11:25
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"AIR," the new movie starring Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, and directed by Affleck, reunites old friends, with a stamp of approval by Michael Jordan. It is no secret that Affleck and Damon have been friends for decades, first meeting when Damon was 10 and Affleck was 8. In previous interviews, both actors have expressed they each had a love for acting at an early age, which drew them to one another.
During a Q&A after a New York screening of "AIR," Affleck joked that he has been directing Damon since high school. "It's not the first time I've carried him," he said, according to IndieWire. Damon laughed, saying, "It might seem like the first time he's directed me.
I mean, we did high-school plays where he was like, 'Dude, I think you should do it like this.'" "He's been directing me for like 40-something years," he added. The duo has worked together before, with "Good Will Hunting" being their breakout role. Damon, then 27, and Affleck, then 25, co-wrote the film together while they were roommates. "We rented this house on the beach in Venice and 800 people came and stayed with us and got drunk," Affleck previously said, according to Forbes magazine.
"Then we ran out of money and had to get an apartment. It was, like, everything was exciting," he said. "So we lived in Glendale and Eagle Rock, and we lived in Hollywood, West Hollywood, Venice, by the Hollywood Bowl, all over the place.
We’d get thrown out of some places, or we’d have to upgrade or downgrade depending on who had money." Affleck and Damon not only shared an apartment, they also shared a bank account. During an episode of "The Bill Simmons Podcast," the two revealed they took an "all for one and one for all" approach. Affleck said, "We were going to help
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