Affleck enrolled at the University of Vermont in 1990, owing to what he describes as "unrequited love for a high school girlfriend." Soon after classes begun, he fractured his hip during a game of intramural basketball, an injury which required him to move about on crutches. Online. "BenAffleck and MattDamon are childhood friends...This is their first Academy Award.""Matt gave acting a framework, an integration into the social hierarchy at school," Affleck, who made his movie debut at 13 in the 1981 drama The Dark End ofthe Street, told Parade in 2007. BenAffleck shares gratitude as MattDamon supports BenAffleck through struggles, highlighting their unbreakable friendship and loyalty.BenAffleck, Actor. He explainedthe value of true friendship, stating MattDamon and BenAffleck were childhood friends with big dreams of Hollywood fame. The two hit it big in 1998 with Good Will Hunting , which catapulted the pair to stardom. MattDamon, BenAffleck, Good Will Hunting.BenAffleck Is All Praise for MattDamon’s Discipline as an Actor. MattDamon and BenAffleck in a still from The Rip. The Boston natives - Affleck, 53, and Damon, 55 - revealed to journalist Craig Melvin what their 'least favorite' things about each other are on Tuesday morning's episode. 'Um, [he's] not great at cleaning up around the house,' Affleck said about Damon, to which his friend objected, 'Hey! BenAffleck and MattDamon's 'The Rip' premiers in January, typically reserved for bad movies. BenAffleck and MattDamon, Hollywood’s dynamic duo, have been sporting matching beards, which is sparking curiosity among their fans. In a recent interview with Extra TV on November 4, the pair revealed that their scruffy new looks are linked to their upcoming Netflix film, RIP. MattDamon and BenAffleck at the premiere of "Good Will Hunting" at the Ziegfeld Theater 1997 © Getty.The pair won their first Oscars together in 1998. For his part, Damon shared that Affleck is not the most timely person. "We got here this morning, and Ben was three minutes early. MattDamon’s wife was almost stuck on his best friend.Apparently, both he and Ben were once taken with the same person – the friend thought Matt was cuter, while his partner thought Ben was. He described the story as ‘completely true’. She confessed to me,” the 55-year-old explained. MattDamon reflected on being by BenAffleck’s side during his friend’s divorces from Jennifer Garner and Jennifer Lopez in 2018 and 2025, respectively. MattDamon and BenAffleck have been the ultimate Hollywood duo for decades, but a hilarious new revelation suggests that Damon wasn’t always the first choice in his own household. During a Monday, January 12, appearance on The Howard Stern Show, the 55-year-old actor admitted that... MattDamon and BenAffleck opened up about how Damon helped his friend out through some ofthe most challenging times in his life: 'I was there for all of it.'MattDamon (R) and BenAffleck (L) pose with their Oscars they won for Best Original Screenplay for "Good Will Hunting".
