A bromance worth celebrating! and have proved over the years that nobody does friendship quite like them. The childhood pals , where they became fast friends when Damon was 10 and Affleck was 8. Since then, the pair have gone on to become major movie stars.
They’ve , including , and . When writing the Oscar-winning screenplay for 1997’s , . “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 .
“Then we ran out of money and had to get an apartment. It was, like, everything was exciting,” he continued. “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.” Speaking with in 2016, Damon opened up about . “I’ve known him for 35 years, and we grew up together,” he said at the time.
“We were both in love with the same thing — acting and filmmaking. I think we fed on each other’s obsession during really formative, important years and that bonded us for life.” A source told in 2018 that during his journey to sobriety.
“He’ll always be there for Ben whenever he needs him,” the insider added. More than two decades after walking away with their Academy Award for Good Will Hunting in 1998, the pair teamed up again for ‘s , costarring in and writing the October 2021 feature along with . .
