Long-time friends and movie stars, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck both penned and starred in their very own box-office smash, "Good Will Hunting". This book includes everything fans want to know about Hollywood's wonder stars.
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Chapter One
America's Most Wanted
You'd have to be living on mars to NOT know the names of Hollywood's two newest hotshots--Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. Although they are way too modest to admit it, even they are aware that they're (as Jim Carrey might say) "smokin'!"
The pair is everywhere: on magazine covers (Entertainment Weekly, Vanity Fair, People); on talk shows (an entire hour on Oprah!); and even in the casts of this summer's anticipated blockbuster movies (Ben in Armageddon and Matt in Saving Private Ryan) .
Why all the buzz about these boy wonders?
Well, for starters, they're drop-dead gorgeous: Ben's rippling muscles and Matt's sexy smirk can reduce any girl to a quivering mound of Jell-O. But looks aren't everything: add Ivy League smarts, natural-born talent, and razor-sharp repartee to the mix and you've got one--better make that two!--irresistible packages.
Sure, critics tried to write them off as the dreamboats du jour at first--they could have easily fit into the Hollywood Frat Pack. But these Good Will wunderkinder are different. At twenty-something, they are extremely resourceful, possess an integrity way beyond their years, and have a well-honed instinct for navigating the shark-infested waters of the movie biz. Quite simply, Ben and Matt refuse to sell out.
"I'm certainly never going to be anyone's sex symbol," Matt humbly told Vanity Fair "It's easy to get caught up, but you have to be yourself," Ben chimed in. And they mean it. They could have handed over their screenplay to any number of studios, but instead they held out for one that would be true to their vision. While other leading men stock their closets with Calvin and Armani once they make it big, Ben and Matt have opted to keep their low-profile baggy jeans, clunky work boots, and seven-day stubble ("I never shave unless I have to!" explains Ben). And supping at Spago? Fah-ged-aboud-it! These show-biz bigwigs prefer to belly up to the all-you-can-eat surf-and-turf bar at their local Sizzler's.
Maybe that's their greatest appeal--they're REAL. Despite the fame, fortune, fans, and now their new pal Oscar, they've remained the same nice guys they've always been. Above all, they're still best buds and have been since their childhood days in Cambridge, Massachusetts. just yesterday, they were a couple of kids dreaming of the big time, "taking business lunches" in the high school cafeteria, and rehearsing their goofy Academy Awards acceptance speeches (mouthwash bottle in hand) in front of the bathroom mirror. They both struggled with acting careers and college, and survived the "lean, mean Spam cuisine years," according to Ben.
It's been such a whirlwind year for them both. Perhaps somebody should pinch them (any volunteers?). "I can't believe it," Matt says of how far they've come. But he and Ben always believed in themselves and their abilities. "our moms used to say, Why don't you two just become doctors?'" he recently told Interview. "I'm glad we didn't listen." Us, too.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Had interesting facts, but wasn't focused on just them.,
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This review is from: Matt Damon and Ben Affleck: On and Off Screen (Mass Market Paperback)
I love Ben Affleck, so i thought this book was good. But it had things in it that had nothing to do Ben Affleck or Matt Damon.
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It was OK,
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This review is from: Matt Damon and Ben Affleck: On and Off Screen (Mass Market Paperback)
The book had some interesting stuff, but nothing that I didn't know before. It also talked to much abour other people like Robin Williams and Gywneth Paltrow. The pictures were the best part.
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