Minnie Driver may have shined in the 1997 film “Good Will Hunting,” but on Wednesday’s “Watch What Happens: Live,” the actress told Andy Cohen that she almost didn’t get the role because a producer thought she wasn’t “hot enough.”
Driver was asked what the rudest thing anyone in the industry had ever said to her (without naming names).
“The producer did not think I was hot enough to be in that film and did not want me in the film,” Driver said.
The actress, who now stars in the ABC sitcom “Speechless,” then went on to credit Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, as well as director Gus Van Sant, who advocated for her casting. She went on to receive an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actress.
“… I really owe Matt Damon and Ben Affleck … [They] fought very hard for me to play that role and I am grateful to them to this day,...
Driver was asked what the rudest thing anyone in the industry had ever said to her (without naming names).
“The producer did not think I was hot enough to be in that film and did not want me in the film,” Driver said.
The actress, who now stars in the ABC sitcom “Speechless,” then went on to credit Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, as well as director Gus Van Sant, who advocated for her casting. She went on to receive an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actress.
“… I really owe Matt Damon and Ben Affleck … [They] fought very hard for me to play that role and I am grateful to them to this day,...
- 10/13/2016
- by Arya Roshanian
- Variety - Film News
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