Matt Damon honored Robin Williams on the 'Good Will Hunting' park bench

"It was Robin's scene."
By Martha Tesema  on 
Matt Damon honored Robin Williams on the 'Good Will Hunting' park bench
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In a new interview, Matt Damon reminisces on acting with the late Robin Williams in the 1997 drama Goodwill Hunting.

"It was Robin's scene," Damon said, explaining his emotions after the first take. In the stirring scene, Williams delivers a powerful monologue to Damon from a park bench in Boston—a place Damon explained he revisited with his family following Williams' death.

"It was nice to go back and think about him there," he said.


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