Bourne Identity and Saving Private Ryan star Matt Damon recalls being completely stunned by Robin Williams' improvised line in Good Will Hunting.
Actor Matt Damon recently recalled being stunned by a memorable improvised line by Robin Williams while filming Good Will Hunting. Written by Damon with longtime friend and creative partner Ben Affleck, the 1997 comedy-drama stars Williams as psychology professor Dr. Sean Maguire who is tasked with providing therapy for the broken, yet extremely gifted Will Hunting .
After Maguire finally breaks through to Will, the young genius decides to follow his love to California. In a note left to the professor, Will uses Macguire's previous words to punctuate the moment, "I had to go see about a girl." The original scene intended for Macguire to stay silent. However, during one take, Williams decided to throw out an iconic response that made it into the final cut, "Son of a bitch. He stole my line.
In true Robin fashion, we did 60 takes. Like we just left the camera rolling and he kept coming out, and kept coming out. He did something different every single time. I remember when he said, "Son of a bitch. He stole my line," I grabbed Gus' shoulders. I felt him tense up like we both knew. We were like, "Holy shit." What a line. How did we not think of that?
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