Ben Afflecks says he and Matt Damon blew 'Good Will Hunting' money on Jeeps and renting a 'party house'
foxnews.comBen Affleck revealed that he and Matt Damon went broke six months after selling their screenplay for "Good Will Hunting." During a Friday appearance on "The Drew Barrymore Show," the 50-year-old recalled his early days in Hollywood when he and his childhood friend Matt Damon were struggling actors trying to land their big breaks.
After the two sold the script for the 1997 psychological drama, Affleck told Barrymore that he believed they were "rich for life." "My needs are over.
I will never have to work again," the "Argo" star recalled thinking at the time. "I'm rich forever." Affleck then broke down exactly how the two quickly blew through their "Good Will Hunting" windfall. "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," he said. "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." However, neither of the actors were permanently derailed by the setback.
In addition to writing the screenplay for "Good Will Hunting," the pair also starred in the film. Damon's performance earned him a best actor Academy Award and the two both took home Oscars for best original screenplay.
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