Ben Affleck and Matt Damon Spotted Together on Set of Their Upcoming Nike Movie

Mar. 15, 2025

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon.Photo: Bellocqimages/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images

Ben AffleckandMatt Damonare back to work.

The longtime friends and collaborators were photographed Tuesday on the Los Angeles set on theiras-yet-untitled Nike movie.

Damon, 51, sported a multicolored polo and a clean-shaven face compared to Affleck’s scruff, finishing his look in a pair of dark slacks.

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Affleck, who is playing Nike co-founderPhil Knight, is directing the film with Damon playing former Nike executive Sonny Vaccaro, who helped the third-ranked shoe company land its massive deal with theNBAsuperstar in the 1980s.

Theuntitled Amazon filmis based on the true story of Vaccaro’s efforts to strike a shoe deal with Jordan, now 59, amid the athlete’s illustrious basketball career. However, Jordan himself will not be portrayed in the film and will remain as an unseen character.

Affleck and Damon’s friendship, meanwhile, was cemented the moment they broke into Hollywood together withGood Will Hunting, which made them the youngest people to win theOscarfor Best Original Screenplay in 1998.

They would go on to star together in films likeDogma(1999) and 2021’sThe Last Duel, the latter of which was thefirst film they wrote together in more than two decades.

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In Damon’sprofile forGQlast October, Affleck spoke about the impact their relationship has had on his mental health throughout their years together in the public eye.

“I can’t speak for Matt,” he said, “but my own kind of sanity and mental health really benefited from having someone who I grew up with and knew as a child who was also going through something similar — this 20-year-plus journey of being in the public eye — who I could reflect on it with honestly, talk things over with, be myself with, who I knewwhywe were friends,whyhe was interested and loved me, why I loved him.”

“I often think of people who just become successful and then get thrust into this, and I think, ‘How do they do it without having somebody that they can talk to? Who they can trust? Who knew them before?’ " Affleck added. “It’sjust been such an asset to me— and, I think, I hope, to Matt — this relationship that we’ve had.”

Damon shared that he’s careful to keep their bond the same as it was back in the day.

“Like, I don’t want to be his friend in public, you know what I mean?” Damon said. “It’s waytoo important a friendshipfor that, and it goes so beyond this career or anything. You know, it’s a significant part of my life and not for public consumption in that way.”

source: people.com