Kevin Smith sagt, Ben Affleck habe ihn häufig bedanken, während er ihren ersten Film zusammen drehte

> During the conversation, Smith revealed that Affleck left him thank-you notes multiple times during the production of Mallrats when Smith allowed Affleck to leave the movie’s set when he was not filming to work on Good Will Hunting, then an in-development script he had just sold to Castle Rock Entertainment with his friend and cowriter, Matt Damon.

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