RIP-ROARING REUNION

Acting pals open up on new Netflix film in latest chapter of 40-year collaboration

- LYNN RUSK

HOLLYWOOD is full of longtime collaborators who have shaped each other's careers, with Ben Affleck and Matt Damon standing out as one of the most famous and enduring partnerships.

The duo, whose friendship has spanned over 40 years, are best known for co-writing Good Will Hunting, which earned them the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.

They have collaborated on more than a dozen films together, many of which have received critical acclaim - and now, the pair have reunited on screen in the new Netflix crime thriller, The Rip.

Directed by Joe Carnahan, the film is also produced by Affleck, 53, and Damon, 55, who star as two Miami detectives involved in a million-dollar cash seizure.

Speaking about their on-screen reunion, Damon says: "We've spent the better part of our lives in rooms writing things together, we did theatre together in high school. So it's very comfortable for us to work together in this way." He adds: "We had done Air a few years earlier, and that was really fun. So when this came up, we thought, 'Oh, this is a really interesting dynamic between these characters, and it's a chance to work with this incredible ensemble.