You seemingly already know that Ben Affleck and Matt Damon have been mates since they had been youngsters, rising up collectively in Cambridge, MA. However how did their relationship progress from the playground to Hollywood? Properly, the pair first turned shut once they had been in highschool, partially as a result of they’d the identical pursuits (particularly a want to go into appearing). After a number of years as working actors — together with some films collectively — the duo collaborated on the script for “Good Will Looking,” and the remainder of historical past.
The film turned a smash success, with rave evaluations not only for their performances but in addition for the screenplay they wrote collectively, which gained them each an Oscar. Within the years since, Affleck and Damon have teamed up for much more films, together with “Dogma,” “The Final Duel,” and the upcoming “Air,” which Affleck is directing.
The duo have stayed shut by way of the years, supporting one another as they both became fathers and navigated marriages. “This friendship has been important and defining and so vital to me in my life,” Affleck advised Damon in a January 2022 interview with Entertainment Weekly. “There have been a number of important instances, that are non-public and I do not wish to share, however the place your help was so profoundly significant to me that I do not suppose I’d’ve been ready to achieve success with out it.”
Forward are the 9 films Damon and Affleck have appeared in collectively, in chronological order.
