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      • The duo made their big screen debut as uncredited extras in Field of Dreams. According to an interview with Damon on the Dan Patrick Show, the main reason why they were in the film was because the call for extras was at the Red Sox’s baseball arena, Fenway Park.
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  2. Apr 12, 2023 · Field of Dreams wasn’t the only time that Matt Damon and Ben Affleck were extras together. They also appeared in the background of a movie called The Good Mother.

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    Even though they didn’t have any lines in the movie, Damon and Affleck got the rare opportunity to meet Kevin Costner. “Costner came out and hung out with the extras,” Damon said. “And Ben and I went and struck up a conversation with him. And he probably gave us five minutes. He was incredibly generous with his time.”

    Even though they had yet to accomplish anything in the industry, Damon and Affleck were adamant about talking with Costner about the movie business. “We knew we wanted to be actors,” Damon said. “I was probably 17, and Ben was probably 15, and we were already traveling to New York and auditioning. And we were like, ‘We have agents.’ Despite his sup...

    Years later, Damon and Affleck got their big break when they wrote and starred in the Academy Award-winning film Good Will Hunting. In a separate interview with The Off Camera Show, Damon revealed that it was his and Affleck’s lack of success landing roles in major movies that encouraged them to write the Good Will Hunting script. “That was one of ...

  3. Apr 21, 2023 · Prior to Ben Affleck and Matt Damon winning Academy Awards, they were extras in the "Field of Dreams" Fenway scene. Damon told Elle that he and Affleck got to talk to Costner, and it was Damon's...

  4. May 24, 2024 · Kevin Costner recalls meeting Matt Damon and Ben Affleck on the set of Field of Dreams. Before they were the A-list superstars, Affleck and Damon played unnamed extras in a Fenway Park scene in Field of Dreams.

  5. May 24, 2024 · Matt Damon and Ben Affleck were among the extras in a Fenway Park sequence in Field of Dreams — and Kevin Costner remembers them. In an interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live, the Bodyguard...

  6. May 28, 2024 · Matt Damon and Ben Affleck were extras on Field of Dreams, and Kevin Costner recalls meeting the young aspiring actors on set.

  7. May 22, 2024 · Kevin Costner recalled meeting 'college guys' Ben Affleck and Matt Damon while filming a scene in Fenway Park for the 1989 film 'Field of Dreams': 'We talked and they had this big...