How much do you trust in friendship? As for Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, it goes so far as to make a common account! This is what they revealed, while promoting their new joint production, Air.
Like thieves at the fair, they indulged in the interview game for The Bill Simmons Podcast on Tuesday. The two inseparable revealed that they had a joint account when they were young actors in the 1980s. "In hindsight, it was pretty strange, but we needed money for auditions," Damon said.
His friend added: "We wanted to stick together and be there for each other. Like, "You won't be alone. I will not be alone. We will move forward together." »
A strategy that pays off
The two up-and-coming actors used to deposit everything they earned into this bank account. Thus, they paid all their current expenses, which allowed them to devote their energy solely to their success in the cinema.
"As long as one of us had money, we knew the electricity wouldn't be cut off. After I shot Geronimo, I had something like $35,000 in the bank. I thought, 'We're quiet for a year,'" Damon said, adding that they were trying to hold the purse strings.
"We had the right to go up and audition in New York with this money. You could also withdraw $10, make change and go play video games. In the end, we also allowed ourselves to try to buy beer, which absolutely never worked. »
A solidarity that has borne fruit, between films played together such as The Difference, the production and writing of Will Hunting, which earned them an Oscar. This further justifies the production company Artists Equity they co-founded, and their latest project, Air, which tells the story of the legendary partnership between Nike and Michael Jordan. The film, which stars Jason Bateman, Marlon Wayans and Viola Davis, will be available on Prime Video starting April 5.
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