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Matt Damon and Ben Affleck Spotlight Enduring Partnership as The Rip Debuts With NYC Premiere and Netflix Release This Week

On Howard Stern, Affleck thanked Damon for years of support through divorces and addiction.

Overview

  • Affleck, 53, and Damon, 55, promoted their Netflix crime thriller The Rip with a Jan. 13 New York premiere ahead of its Jan. 16 streaming launch.
  • During a Jan. 12 Howard Stern interview, Damon recalled that his wife, Luciana Barroso, once thought Affleck was “the cute one” after seeing Good Will Hunting.
  • Barroso is credited as a producer on The Rip and is set to produce Affleck’s next directing project, Animals, underscoring the trio’s close working ties.
  • Affleck and Damon revisited their Good Will Hunting $600,000 payday, joking that taxes and fees sharply reduced what they actually took home.
  • At the premiere and in TV appearances, the longtime collaborators reflected on their four-decade bond, with Affleck praising Damon as both a friend and a father.