Ben AffleckandMatt Damonare opening up about their on-screen kiss that never happened.
During an interview withEntertainment Tonightabout their upcoming filmThe Last Duel, Affleck and Damon revealed that one scene in the original script saw Damon kissing Affleck. However, director Ridley Scott ditched the idea early on and the scene instead features Damon kneeling.
“In the original actual version of that scene — the way that ceremony actually took place was that you kissed everybody on the mouth,” Affleck explained to the outlet. “And we had that in the script.”
“That would’ve been our first on-screen kiss,” Damon said before Affleck joked, “It’s going to have to wait.”
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Affleck also added that Scott thought the kissing scene would’ve been a distraction for the film, noting that “his instincts are pretty good.”
Matt Damon, Ben Affleck.Stephane Cardinale/Corbis via Getty
The upcoming movie marks their first project together since 1997’sGood Will Hunting, which earned them both an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. The actors both reflected on their 25-year friendship and their desire to collaborate more during the New York Citypremiere ofThe Last Duelon Saturday.
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.Todd Williamson/Getty
Damon then quipped, “If you told me 25 years ago [that we’d be here tonight], I would be like, ‘We made it? We are still working? OK good!'”
The Last Duelis in theaters on Oct. 15.
source: people.com
