Minnie Driver revealed that she previously met her ex-boyfriend and co-star, Matt Damon.
The 51-year-old actress appeared in Wednesday’s episode of the show Keep It! podcast and talked about various topics during the session with the show’s hosts, including filming with the 50-year-old performer.
The former couple came out around the time of the release of Good Will Hunting and the actor remarkably announced that he was single during a 1998 episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show, which ended their relationship.
Meeting: Minnie Driver recently revealed that she previously met her ex-boyfriend and co-star Matt Damon; is seen earlier this month
During the conversation, Driver recalled that the meeting was unexpected and that they had not spoken for more than two decades.
“I saw Matt Damon on the beach and hadn’t had a conversation with him, seriously, since we made the film,” he noted.
The Oscar-nominated actress expressed that she and the actor had aged since they left and said she was happy to have a mature conversation with her former flame.
“It was last summer and it was actually really nice to see him, his kids, his wife and everyone, in fact, he felt pretty middle-aged, which was reassuring.” , he stated.
Prolonged absence: The actress revealed that she and the performer had not had a conversation for more than two decades; Damon is seen at the July premiere of Stillwater
Time flies: the actress remarked that the encounter and conversation between her and Damon “felt pretty middle-aged”; are seen in 1997
The actress also noted that when she looked back, she thought the media had affiliated her and Damon, which added to the stress that was put on their connection.
He added: “It seems to me that a lot of the madness of the young people continued with our initial relationship, as if it were amazing and tabloid.”
Although she did not go into details, Driver expressed that she and Damon were completely cordial during the meeting and did not talk about their past relationship.
“So it was good to have some kind of middle-aged conversation about time and stuff,” he said.
Disorder: The performer also remarked that “much of the youth madness continued with our initial relationship”; appear in the image in 1997
The former couple originally dated in the late 1990s and appeared together in Good Will Hunting, which premiered in 1997.
The actor portrayed the character in the feature film and Driver played his love interest, Skylar, in the famous film.
The couple began to be seen in each other’s company at various events and made numerous public appearances in support of the function.
However, Damon appeared on an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show in 1998 and publicly stated that he was not dating anyone at the time, which left him blinded by the actress.
Old stars: the couple appeared remarkably in two of the lead roles in the 1997 psychological drama Good Will Hunting
The actor arrived on the date with several people before relating to his current wife, Luciana Bozan, whom he married in 2005.
The couple shares three daughters and the Stillwater star is the stepfather of his wife’s daughter from a previous relationship.
Driver continued to relate to writer Timothy Lea and the former couple welcomed a son named Henry in 2008.
The actress also had a relationship with Josh Brolin, with whom she was briefly engaged in 2001.
The performer is currently engaged to documentary filmmaker Addison O’Dea, to whom she has been connected since 2019.
Moving on: Driver later received a son named Henry with his ex-partner Timothy Lea and is currently engaged to Addison O’Dea; appears in August