Gibson Quits Good Will Hunting

After making Braveheart, Mel Gibson spent months developing Good Will Hunting and was originally set to direct it. He wanted more time to keep working on the film, but Damon and Affleck grew impatient because they felt they were aging out of the characters they had written. They eventually convinced Gibson to step away from the project and let Gus Van Sant direct the movie instead.

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