They plunged back into the 1980s, a decade that had not yet seen Ben Affleck and Matt Damon hatch.
Guests of CNBC's "Bill Simmons Podcast", the two actors returned to their beginnings in Hollywood, long before their Oscar, won in 1998 for
Will Hunting
.
The duo, who became close in high school, revealed that they once shared a bank account.
The whole, in order to finance the journeys and other accommodation when they went to castings.
“It was weird, but we needed it to go to the auditions,” said Matt Damon, admitting that it seemed “weird in hindsight”.
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“We wanted to help each other”
Ben Affleck, meanwhile, insisted on the mutual support that the two friends have always given each other.
“We wanted to help each other and be there for each other,” he explained.
It was like saying, 'You won't be alone. I won't be alone. Let's go and do it together. of his stamp on this common account.
"As long as one of us had the money, we knew the power wouldn't go out," Ben Affleck said.
After my participation in
Geronimo
(1992), I had about 35,000 dollars (32,000 euros) in my account.
I said to myself: “With that, we can last a year.”
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Rules of use
The two actors have nevertheless put in place some rules to tap into this bank account.
"We could go to auditions in New York with that money," Ben Affleck said.
We also had the right to withdraw 10 dollars (9 euros) and make change to go to a gallery and play video games.
At the end, you could even buy beer with (...).”
Four decades later, the duo have founded their own production company, Artists Equity, and are preparing to officiate together in
Air,
a biopic that looks back on the collaboration between Nike and Michael Jordan.
A way for Ben Affleck, who had been advised to no longer work with Matt Damon, to sweep away his regrets about it.