Kevin Smith passed on the opportunity to direct Good Will Hunting. The 54-year-old director played a crucial role in getting the film made and helping launch Ben Affleck and Matt Damon's careers ...

Kevin Smith helped Ben Affleck and Matt Damon get their 1997 breakout Good Will Hunting to the big screen, but the filmmaker tells PEOPLE he turned down an opportunity to direct it "I was like ...

Before Good Will Hunting, frequent Smith collaborator Jason Lee (Mallrats, Chasing Amy) was supposed to play Loki, the role that ended up going to Damon.

After ten days and nearly 10,000 votes, Boston.com readers have crowned “Good Will Hunting” the champion of our Massachusetts Movie Madness bracket. Almost 30 years after Matt Damon and Ben ...

Kevin Smith played a major role in helping Ben Affleck and Matt Damon 's breakout Good Will Hunting get made. But when the opportunity to direct it himself came up, he declined.