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Matt Damon found himself in more hot water this weekend when his take on rumors that he and Ben Affleck were gay turned into a discussion of gay actors in Hollywood. There was once a gay sex scene in the script of "Good Will Hunting." Ben Affleck and Matt Damon were rookie screenwriters when they wrote the film about a gifted janitor working at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

They ultimately decided to go with Miramax Films, then run by Harvey Weinstein, to distribute the movie. Affleck famously poked fun at the rumours of his sexuality in when he starred in a video with late night television host Jimmy Kimmel called 'I'm F***ing Ben Affleck.'. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck have long been a definitive Hollywood bromance. Now, Damon is sounding off about rumors that their relationship has been more than just friendly.

Matt Damon faced backlash from the LBGTQ+ community after comments about his friendship with Ben Affleck, expressing concern about speculation and offensive implications. Damon was involved in a public clash on Project Greenlight, interrupting journalist Effie Brown and causing the hashtag #damonsplaining to trend on Twitter.

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According to a Parade interview from , Affleck first met Damon in the early s when they were 8 and 10, respectively. The two lived two blocks away from each other in Cambridge, Massachusetts, loved baseball and acting, and went on to attend Cambridge Rindge and Latin high school. Before Matt, I was by myself.

Acting was a solo activity where I'd just go off and do something, act in a little TV show or something, and no one understood it. None of the other kids knew what it was I did, how it worked, or anything," Affleck told Parade. Soon both of us are doing it. During an appearance on "Conan" in , Damon said Affleck defending him in a fight when they were young really cemented their friendship. Damon was about to get beaten up by a bigger kid in high school, when, at the last second, Affleck fought him off.

This is a good friend. Both actors had a few credits under their belts when they worked on their first movie together in They were uncredited extras in the Fenway Park scene of "Field of Dreams. In , Damon's brother, Kyle, told People that Damon and Affleck "weren't considered cool kids," and that "they were drama geeks. Affleck also told Parade in that during high school, the two would regularly travel into New York City together to audition for acting jobs.

Or sometimes we'd even take the airplane, back when there was the Eastern Shuttle or People's Express," he said. We were smoking like idiots because we thought we were really supposed to be grown-up. It was pitiful. On a March episode of "The Bill Simmons Podcast," Damon told the host that he and Affleck shared a bank account at the start of their careers.

Eventually, we were allowed to try to buy beer, which never fucking worked. In their next film together , "Glory Daze," Affleck starred as the main character — a soon-to-be college grad named Jack — and Damon appeared in a minor role. According to Forbes, Affleck once said that after the two got paid for "School Ties," they thought they were rich and "blew it all in a couple of months.

But one thing they did with the money was rent out a Hansel and Gretel-inspired house in LA's Eagle Rock neighborhood — where they reportedly wrote the screenplay for "Good Will Hunting. Affleck once again took the lead in the lates rom-com, and Damon appeared in a supporting role. In , "Good Will Hunting" was released, and Affleck and Damon were immediately thrust into stardom.

The movie was a hit, making the actors household names, and it's still what many people know them for. They gave a very nervous but memorable acceptance speech , during which Affleck said, "I just said to Matt, 'Losing would suck and winning would be really scary. Damon and Affleck followed up their big "Good Will Hunting" win with the film "Dogma," an adventure comedy where they played two fallen angels who'd been banished from heaven.

The friends also stepped behind the camera together for the documentary "Project Greenlight. Damon and Affleck were executive producers of the HBO series, which followed first-time filmmakers who competed for money to complete their projects. Affleck had a bigger part in the earlys comedy, but Damon also appeared in "The Third Wheel" in an uncredited role. Although Damon and Affleck regularly joke around with each other in interviews, a few remarks in the mids seemed a bit more personal.

In one interview, according to E! A short time later, when Affleck was hosting "Saturday Night Live," he appeared to reply to his best friend's comment, saying, "I can't seem to recall which Chekhov play 'The Bourne Supremacy' is based on.