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Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are quite well-known for their hardcore friendship. Best friends since a young age, both Affleck and Damon are renowned for their works in the world of cinema, with their current net worth in millions.
However, things were not always jolly for the duo. TheBatmanactor Ben Affleck has revealed how he and Matt Damon went broke for nearly six months despite earning thousands of dollars each from their superhit movieGood Will Huntingin 1997.
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Ben Affleck and Matt Damon Went Broke for Six Months
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BothBen AffleckandMatt Damonare among the highest-earning actors in Hollywood, with their net worths crossing hundreds of million dollars. However, as disclosed by the Batman actor, the duo once went broke for six months, right after the release of their mega-blockbuster,Good Will Hunting.
Appearing onThe Drew Barrymore Show, Affleck disclosed a hilarious incident that happened between him and his long-time best friend, Damon, in 1997. At that time, he and Damon used to share a bank account that they used to fund their trips for auditions in NYC. After earning worth thousands of dollars each from their movie,Good Will Hunting,both actors felt like they didn’t need to work ever again.
That was until the troublesome duo spent all their earnings buying Jeeps and renting a party house in LA. TheBatmanactor said,
“We sold it for $600,000, we split that, $300,000 each, and then the agents got $30,000 so we had $270,000 and we paid about $160,000 in taxes so we had $110,000, each bought $55,000 Jeep Cherokees and then had $55,000 left. Naturally, we decided to rent a $5,000-a-month party house on Glencoe Way by the Hollywood Bowl and we were broke in six months.”
And just like that, the two companions went broke within six months of the release of the $225M Robin Williams mega-hit movie.
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Ben Affleck and Matt Damon Found Each Other’s Support‘Valuable’
Best friends for more than four decades, the duo have starred and even won Oscars in several movies together. OnThe Late Late Show with James Corden,Ben Affleck disclosed how difficult it was for him, his brotherCasey Affleck, and Matt Damon when they shared an apartment in LA at the very beginning of their career.
Affleck revealed that Damon was so bad at cleaning the apartment, that once Affleck returned home to maggots in their apartment. Talking about their friendship, he also disclosed how the duo did a coin toss for finding out which one of them got which color of Jeep. But even after all the hardships, theBatmanstar said he found Damon’s support during the early years of their career rather‘valuable’,saying,
“We were friends, and we wanted each other to succeed, and we love each other, so it seemed clear like, let’s do this together.”
No doubt of that, for Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s friendship is living proof of the quote‘a friend in need is a friend indeed.’
You can watchGood Will Huntingon Amazon Prime.
Source:22 Words
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