Besties' Day Out! Childhood friends Ben Affleck and Matt Damon joke around as they pose on the red carpet

Hollywood's favorite bromance is thriving! Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, who have been friends since they were 8 and 10 years old, were honored by the mental health nonprofit 'Bring Change to Mind' with the Robin Williams Legacy of Laughter Award on April 27, 2026. The duo, who starred with the legendary actor in 1997's 'Good Will Hunting,' shared a touching tribute to Williams in their acceptance speech and dedicated the award to him for being "the person that made the most meaningful impact on our professional lives." Affleck and Damon, who wrote the script for the movie for a playwriting class at Harvard, revealed Robin Williams pushed for the script to remain unchanged. Damon said, "The moment that Robin read it and decided to do it, all of our problems went away. The studio had all these notes; it was this whole thing, and once Robin was like, ‘No, I like the script just as it is,’ they were like, ‘We think it’s great too!’ And that was it, and we just went and made the movie.” The movie went on to receive high acclaim, making Affleck and Damon the youngest pair to win an Academy Award for best original screenplay. Williams also won an Oscar for best supporting actor for his emotional performance in the movie.