Minnie Driver explains why her break-up with Good Will Hunting co-star Matt Damon was ‘agony’
The IndependentSign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Minnie Driver has opened up about the “agony” of her public break-up from Matt Damon. The actors started a relationship while starring together in Gus Van Sant’s 1997 film Good Will Hunting, which became a sleeper hit and kickstarted Damon’s career in a huge way. Minnie Driver and Matt Damon’s relationship fizzled out following ‘Good Will Hunting’ success “My family loved Matt – it wasn’t that,” she said. “They were like, ‘This may well end badly for reasons that are to do with all these things coming together in a perfect storm.’ And also, like, you shouldn’t date someone you work with.” Damon also co-wrote Good Will Hunting alongside Ben Affleck, and the pair won Best Original Screenplay at the 1998 Oscars.
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