The story behindGood Will Huntingonly gets wilder.

Its no secret that gettingGood Will Huntingmade back in the 90s wasquite a journeyforBen AffleckandMatt Damon.

Asthe story goes, production company Castle Rock Entertainment initially bought the rights to the script.

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon on stage at an event, both dressed in suits with bow ties. Matt Damon is holding an envelope and speaking into a microphone

Allow me to explain.

After Castle Rock requested a rewrite, Matt and Ben got to work changing the story.

We started writing in screen direction like, Sean talks to Will and unloads his conscience.

Robin Williams and Matt Damon sitting on a park bench, having a serious conversation. Statue in the background

This confirmed to Matt and Ben that hed actually read the story properly, and the rest is history.

They handed the script over to Miramax, which distributed the film in 1997.

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