Kevin Smith tells PEOPLE why he turned down an opportunity to direct Ben Affleck and Matt Damon's 1997 Oscar-winning drama 'Good Will Hunting.' The trio collaborated on 1999's 'Dogma.' ...

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 ...

Kevin Smith said he was an early frontrunner to direct Good Will Hunting, but he immediately turned down the offer. "20 of the top directors on the planet were interested in directing," he told ...

American filmmaker Kevin Smith recently explained why he refused to direct Ben Affleck and Matt Damon's Good Will Hunting, despite playing a key role in getting the 1997 film produced.

Good Will Hunting was released at the peak of the Miramax era in 1997, which was when the indie filmmaker Kevin Smith was gaining ground. Smith collaborated on a couple of his early films with pre ...

Kevin Smith tells PEOPLE that Ben Affleck left him thank-you notes multiple times during the production of 1995's Mallrats after Smith allowed him to spend time working on Good Will Hunting's ...

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 ...

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 ...