"Good Will Hunting" The fate of Robin, Matt, Ben, and Gus Van Sant

“Good Will Hunting/Departure” synopsis

Will Hunting, an orphaned young man who works as a part-time janitor at a university, has been isolated from his surroundings since childhood because of his genius. Recognizing Will's talent, math professor Gerald Rimbaud introduces him to psychoanalyst Sean Maguire. Will gradually opens up to Sean, but...

Index

• New movie ``Don't Worry'' commemorating Robin Williams
• Why did Robin Williams appear in the movie?
• A scenario written by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck in their unknown era.
• After winning the Oscar, he became a major figure in Hollywood.
• Music by Elliott Smith, a genius chosen by director Gus Van Sant.

New movie ``Don't Worry'' commemorating Robin Williams

A movie can take a long time to develop. Director Gus Van Sant's new film `` Don't Worry, '' which was released in Japan in May 2019 and became a hot topic, was completed after a difficult 20 years. This is because the actor who was scheduled to play the lead role has passed away.

"Robin Williams was the one who came to me with the idea of ​​making this film. He would sometimes bring me books when he found them interesting. One of them was John Callaghan's autobiography. It's a collection of essays."

Director Van Sant, who came to Japan to promote the film in February 2019, told me this story. Yes, this movie was considered to star Robin Williams. The two worked together on ``Good Will Hunting'' in 1997, and after that, they started talking about planning a new movie. ``Don't Worry'' tells the story of a dissolute man with a habit of drinking, who becomes paralyzed in a traffic accident, but eventually discovers the idea of ​​drawing caricatures.

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John Callahan was a popular cartoonist, and Van Sant was apparently interested in his comics. He had written a rough script in the 1990s, but it didn't go well and the project was shelved.

Robin passed away in 2014, but Joaquin Phoenix, who had worked with the director on `` The Temptation '' (1995), took on the role of Callahan. While watching this movie, Joaquin's face seems to overlap with Robin's for some reason, even though he doesn't look like Robin. I'm sure Robin in heaven will be happy that it's finally completed after 20 years of planning.

And when I watch this new film, I want to meet Robin from Good Will Hunting by the same director. In this film, he won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Sean, an analyst who gives Will, played by Matt Damon, a Being There at rebirth. He was nominated for an Oscar many times during his lifetime, and it seemed like he should have won the leading role rather than the supporting role, but right after the film was completed, when he appeared on an American TV show, he made the following comment: There is.

``It's really fun for me to play a supporting role because I get to experience the fun of being in an ensemble.Also, instead of always playing the same role, I want to change positions and play different characters.'' ”

The role of Sean has become one of Robin's "most beloved characters," but the director says his first choice for the role was actually another actor.

Why did Robin Williams appear in the movie?