(Buying a screenplay from a couple of pretty-boy actors was risky enough.) They told Matt and Ben that if they could find another studio to take it off Castle RockвЂ™s hands, theyвЂ™d sell otherwise, Castle Rock was going to make the film without the writersвЂ™ input, and that would be that. Damon and Affleck wanted to do it themselves Castle Rock thought that idea was preposterous. Though Castle Rock loved the screenplay theyвЂ™d purchased (more so after the running-from-the-government angle was excised), they disagreed with the writers on who should direct it. So they added a paragraph-long screen direction describing Sean and Will goinвЂ™ at it. FOR A WHILE THE SCREENPLAY HAD A GAY SEX SCENE AS A TEST TO SEE IF THE STUDIO WAS PAYING ATTENTION.Д¬astle Rock had Damon and Affleck doing rewrite after rewrite without getting anywhere, and the duo felt like the bosses werenвЂ™t even reading the new drafts. After WilliamsвЂ™s death in 2014, itвЂ™s where fans memorialized him. Maguire and Will have their iconic, crucial scene had been a significant part of Good Will Hunting lore since the filmвЂ™s release. Located in BostonвЂ™s Public Garden, the bench where Dr. THE PARK BENCH BECAME A MEMORIAL TO ROBIN WILLIAMS AFTER HIS DEATH. a set built to look exactly like a real office at Bunker Hill Community College, where Robin Williams had visited a teacher for research. MaguireвЂ™s office within the college is a set. In one peculiar instance of logistics, the exterior shots of BostonвЂ™s Bunker Hill Community College are real, but Dr. The L Street Tavern is real, and the regulars were hugely supportive of the movie. IT HAS A MIX OF REAL BOSTON LOCATIONS AND SETS BUILT IN TORONTO.ДЄll of the MIT interiors were shot on a Canadian sound stage. He left it to them to decide which part of the story would survive. When the producers at Castle Rock bought the screenplay (after a bidding war), head honcho Rob Reiner told the writers that they really had two movies here: the action-comedy about a reluctant whiz kid trying not to be recruited by the CIA, and the character drama about a genius and his shrink. ThatвЂ™s how Matt Damon and Ben Affleck conceived it, with the idea that theyвЂ™d play the leads. IT WAS ORIGINALLY ABOUT A MATH GENIUS AND HIS BUDDY OUTSMARTING THE GOVERNMENT. We shouldnвЂ™t overlook that.) On the 20th anniversary of its original release, here are some facts about Good Will Hunting to help you appreciate it even more.В If you didnвЂ™t know some of these things before, donвЂ™t worry. And, of course, it gave us Matt Damon and Ben AffleckвЂ™s Cinderella story: two up-and-coming actors who slept on each otherвЂ™s couches, wrote a screenplay, starred in the movie, and then won Academy Awards for their writing. It put indie director Gus Van Sant on the mainstream map. It has that great Robin Williams performance, the only one he ever won an Oscar for.

There are plenty of reasons why Good Will Hunting is one of the most beloved films of the past 20 years.

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