Ben Affleck and Matt Damon would workforce as much as write Ridley Scott’s historic 2021 drama “The Final Duel,” making it their second written venture after “Good Will Searching.” Nevertheless, “The Final Duel” wasn’t precisely a duo effort, as they wrote the image alongside Nicole Holofcener. Bringing Holofcener on board was a sound determination, as Damon and Affleck solely wrote the male character-centered scenes in “The Final Duel.”
Whereas talking with E! Information to advertise “The Final Duel,” Damon candidly admitted that he and Affleck underestimated how a lot time and effort it took to jot down a script collectively. “If we simply work throughout hours that we might simply carve out, we might get rather a lot carried out,” Damon mentioned. “The Final Duel” emerged as one other essential success for the duo and for Holofcener — it has an 85% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Since “The Final Duel,” each Affleck and Damon have not written something.
They did, nevertheless, reunite in 2023 for the Nike biopic “Air,” which Affleck directed. This was the primary time Affleck directed Damon — a serious second for the duo. Throughout a Q&A (by way of Collider) for the movie, Damon mentioned that it felt pure to be directed by Affleck, saying, “We have written a bunch of flicks and produced and acted collectively for thus a few years and many years, so it did not really feel any totally different, working this manner.” The sensation was mutual for the filmmaker, as Affleck had nothing however reward for Damon’s efficiency in “Air.”