‘Good Will Hunting’ star Minnie Driver was told she wasn't 'hot enough' to star in film: 'It was devastating'

a real-life, famed psychoanalyst, author, journalist and “parapsychologist” from Hungary who was a leading authority on poltergeists, hauntings and other paranormal phenomena and in the 1930s advanced the theory that such hauntings could be the result of past unresolved mental tensions. The film is based on a true story of Fodor’s pursuit of “Gef,” an allegedly talking mongoose that inhabited the home of a family on the Isle of Man and attracted many ghost hunters, as well as the British tabloids, in the 1930s.

Julian Dennison (Godzilla vs Kong), Minnie Driver, James Rolleston (The Dark Horse) and Erana James are set to star in New Zealand coming-of-age tale One Winter from directors Paul Middleditch and Hamish Bennett.

We’ll have to apologize in advance for the barrage of “Star Wars” content today, but that Vanity Fair article is the gift that keeps on giving. This is the last one, we promise.

Stranger Things actress Millie Bobby Brown wowed fans on Friday night as she debuted a brand new blonde hairdo during an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. The 18 year old actress who shot to fame in Netflix’s smash hits Stranger Things and later Enola Holmes, had appeared on the show ahead of the new series which is due to drop later this month.

Matt Damon were the "it" couple, but the romance eventually faded. Now, the actress is reflecting on the "tabloid-y" relationship with her "Good Will Hunting" co-star."I wouldn't change any of it," she told ITV's "This Morning." "It's magic."Minnie remembers that time in 1997 and 1998 "so fondly," despite their split was "so dramatically reported on."The Oscar-nominated star has been opening up about the life while promoting her new book, "Managing Expectations: A Memoir in Essays." Of course, her two-year relationship with Matt is discussed in the pages."Matt Damon was just this lovely, talented, great person who was also very young and got famous very fast," she said on "The Chris Evans Breakfast Show with Sky." "And people don't always behave well in situations when you're under pressure.""It was a very sweet romance that we had," she continued.

Minnie Driver is reflecting on her time with Matt Damon.

Minnie Driver is opening up about how she almost lost her role in Good Will Hunting.

Minnie Driver has revealed how "devastated" she felt to hear as a young woman that she was "not sexy".MORE: HELLO! launches Jubilee T-shirt collection to celebrate Queen Elizabeth in styleThe actress was Oscar-nominated for her role alongside Matt Damon in Good Will Hunting, but shared in a new interview that she almost didn't get the part because a producer told her she was not attractive enough to play Matt's on-screen girlfriend.WATCH: Good Will Hunting trailer"It was devastating," she said. "To be told at 26 that you’re not sexy when you maybe just got over all your teenage angst, and started to think, you know, 'Maybe in the right light and the right shoes and the right dress, I’m all right.'""I certainly had insecurities growing up.

Zack Sharf Minnie Driver was only 26 years old when she auditioned for the role of Skylar in Gus Van Sant’s “Good Will Hunting.” It’s a performance that would earn Driver an Oscar nomination for best supporting actress, but it’s one she recently told The Telegraph almost never happened because producer Harvey Weinstein believed “nobody would want to fuck her.” Driver said Weinstein sent this sexist note along to the film’s casting director.“I remember feeling so devastated until I realized, ‘Hold on, just consider the source for a minute. That is an unutterable pig – why on earth are you worried about this fuck saying that you are not sexy?’” Driver said.

EXCLUSIVE: Simon Pegg (Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning – Part One) and Minnie Driver (Rosaline) have signed on to star in Nandor Fodor and The Talking Mongoose, a dark comedy from writer-director Adam Sigal (Chariot), which has entered production in Leeds.

Minnie Driver is not afraid to stand up for herself – even when she was just starting out in the entertainment business.

tweet calling out The UK Times.“It’s so curious that my life still seems to be presented merely as an adjunct to the men I’ve dated,” her tweet read. “I had such a great+interesting conversation with this journalist — sorry the distillation came down to dudes.”The piece, which includes an excerpt from Driver’s recently released memoir, “Managing Expectations: A Memoir in Essays,” has the salacious headline: “The Director Told Me: ‘Fake an Orgasm.

Minnie Driver is looking back at her early days in the entertainment industry.

Minnie Driver has just released her memoir, and an excerpt from the book, Managing Expectations, finds her looking back at a horrific audition that left her “humiliated.”

After falling in love on the set of Good Will Hunting, Minnie Driver and Matt Damon had one of the most talked-about breakups of the late 1990s.

Minnie Driver has some THOUGHTS on the shocking way Matt Damon broke up with her back in the ‘90s!