(Video) Matt Damon REVEALS: “Ben Affleck Has Gone ROGUE”!

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck have one of the most long-lasting and famous friendships in Hollywood history.

The Boston natives have been best friends since Affleck was in his single digits, and their bond has led them to collaborate onscreen numerous times, including their Oscar-winning debut Good Will Hunting and most recently with The Last Duel and the Nike drama Air.

“Ben has always had an incredible charisma. People are just getting introduced to it through film,” Damon told The Los Angeles Times in 1999. “It’s hard to think of your best friend as a movie star, but the fact that he is [stems from] the extent to which parts of the real him come through. He is somebody that everybody wants to be around.”

After the success of the film, which won each of them their first Oscars for Best Original Screenplay, the duo considered going their separate ways professionally, but it didn’t quite shake out that way.

“For a while, we thought maybe we should chill and just do other stuff, and not be Matt and Ben, Matt and Ben,” Affleck recalled to Boston Magazine. “We have our company together, we’re developing together. And Matt lives down the street from me like he used to. His kids are living with him, the way we used to live with our folks. The only difference is that we have pools.”

From their Boston roots to their Hollywood careers, here’s a look back at Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s friendship through the years.

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