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

Why did Robin Williams appear in the movie?

When we interviewed him in 2019, Van Sant started this story. "The first person I had in mind for the role was actually Sean Connery, because his name was Sean. But he wasn't available, so Harvey Weinstein, who was one of the producers, decided to play Robin. brought together"

Weinstein was forced out of the film industry after the sexual harassment scandal that now rocked Hollywood, but at the time he was a central figure at Miramax, the most powerful independent company.

On the other hand, although the director and Sean Connery did not have a relationship on this film, they later worked together on `` When I Find a Novelist '' (2000). This work, which depicts the bond between a talented black boy and a reclusive legendary writer, could be described as a sister story to Good Will Hunting.

However, when it came to Good Will Hunting, Robin was the right choice for the role of Sean. He decided to appear in the film because he liked the script written by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.

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``Sean, like the young protagonist, knows that he is not as brilliant as the young man, and is able to say to him, ``I'm not as smart as you, but there are things that you don't know yet.'' He's intelligent. He's a senior who's lived a long life. I liked that about him and decided to cast him."

As a comedian, Robin loved to make jokes, and it seems like he never stopped improvising on set. By the way, Sean's character seems to be a mix of Matt's mother and Ben's father.

A scenario written by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck in their unknown era.