Posted by Zeebadaboodee at roc-66-67-162-21.rochester.rr.com on January 14, 2003 at 19:09:32:
In Reply to: Right (extended version)... posted by Smalls on January 14, 2003 at 16:44:51:
: Golden took a look at the script at one point in the process (possibly when it was still at Castle Rock) as a favor to a friend, did no rewriting on it, simply passed along the advice to Ben and Matt: "You've got strong characters here and a strong story, don't try making it more actiony, it's strong as a character piece."
Just a little funny anecdote about this. I saw/read an interview with Matt Damon in which he talked about this. Several months after golding took the brief look at the script, Damon saw Golding at another establishiment. When Damon approached him, Golding gave him an autograph because he had no idea who Damon was.
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