Pam Grier became deathly ill during the production of this film, requiring her to be in bed for a month, with a fever at times of 105F.
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Jan Sverák refused to direct it.
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Initially, producer Harvey Weinstein did not want Minnie Driver at all for the role of Skylar, feeling she wasn't cute enough for the part. Because Gus, Matt, and Ben wanted her in the movie, Weinstein ultimately relented, and Driver went on to be nominated for a Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar.
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This is the first film in which the top billed actor (excluding films in which the cast is billed alphabetically) wins an Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
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When the project was in turnaround at Castle Rock, Ben Affleck showed the script to Kevin Smith while working with him on Chasing Amy (1997), which led to Smith and Scott Mosier coming on board as producers. Chasing Amy (1997) also featured cameos by Casey Affleck and Matt Damon.
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When Matt Damon and Ben Affleck met with Mel Gibson, Braveheart (1995) had just come out. But they hadn't seen Braveheart and Harvey Weinstein encouraged them to lie. So the first thing they said was, "We just want to tell you how much we loved Braveheart!"
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While a guest on Late Show with David Letterman (1993), Robin Williams joked about his experience after winning an Oscar for his role in this film: "It's amazing. When you win the Academy Award, you have, like, about a about a week where everyone's like, 'Hey, Good Will Hunting--way to go! Good Will Hunting, Academy Award, way to go!' And two weeks later, it's like, "Hey, Mork!' How are ya?'"
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Morgan O'Malley says that the crew has run into a "barney" at the Harvard bar. Barney is Boston slang for a Harvard student.
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Anthony Minghella was offered the role of Henry Lipkin, but scheduling conflicts kept him from taking the role.
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While looking over some of Will's work, Lambeau remarks, "I see you used Maclaurin here," referring to a mathematical representation called the Maclaurin series. Coincidentally, McLaurin was Robin Williams' middle name.
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In his first scene, Robin Williams is standing in front of a blackboard. Behind him, written on the blackboard in chalk, are the words "Susser 1969". In 1969, Williams graduated from Redwood High School, Larkspur, and then continued at College of Marin, Kentfield just a few blocks away from the high school. He became acquainted with the drama department there at the College of Marin, and performed in the production "Taming of the Shrew" by William Shakespeare. Robin Williams' first stage director was the late Harvey Susser. Thus, the blackboard "code words" seem to say: "Hey, Harvey! See this! Now I'm the teacher!"
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As of 2018, features Minnie Driver's only Oscar nominated performance.
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One of two personal favorite movies of Matt Damon, the other being The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999).
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As of 2009, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck have both co-written one other script each, although not with each other; Damon co-wrote Gerry (2002) with Gus Van Sant and Ben's brother Casey Affleck, and Ben Affleck directed and co-wrote (with his childhood friend Aaron Stockard) the script for Gone Baby Gone (2007). In 2010, Ben Affleck directed The Town (2010), for which he had also co-written the screenplay.
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Mel Gibson was offered a chance to direct, even meeting with Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and executive producer Harvey Weinstein, but ultimately passed on directing.
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When Robin Williams read the script via Francis Ford Coppola and really liked it, his one question for Coppola was, "Who are these guys?"
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After Mel Gibson dropped out of directing, Michael Mann expressed interest in directing. However, he wanted to make two major changes: he wanted Will and his friends to be car thieves, and he did not want Matt Damon for the lead role, since he was still relatively unknown then. The producers, who wanted Damon, suggested the Mann film some screentests with Damon and Ben Affleck. After Mann filmed the screentests, he went back to the producers and said he still did not want Damon in the lead, so the producers and Miramax parted ways with Mann, since the film was Damon and Affleck's project from the start.
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Robin Williams' last line in the film, "Son of a bitch. He stole my line." was ad-libbed.
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Gus Van Sant, at one point, asked Matt Damon and Ben Affleck to re-write the script so that Chuckie is killed in a construction accident. Damon and Affleck protested, but reluctantly wrote the scene in. After Van Sant read it, he agreed that it was a terrible idea.
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In the scene on the park bench, Robin Williams gives an example of love that Will hasn't experienced as "going to hell and back for it." In his next movie, What Dreams May Come (1998), Williams does just that for his love, played by Annabella Sciorra, after she commits suicide.
Good Will Hunting - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Good Will Hunting - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Good Will Hunting - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Good Will Hunting - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Good Will Hunting - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Good Will Hunting - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Good Will Hunting - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Good Will Hunting - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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