Ben Affleck Remembers Working with Kevin Costner Alongside BFF Matt Damon on 'Field of Dreams' — but He's Not Sure Costner Does
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon appeared as extras in 1989's , and star Kevin Costner has said he remembers meeting them on set
But in a April 24 appearance on , Affleck said he thinks Costner was "being kind" because he and Damon were "not memorable."
Affleck reminisced about his time on set, including seeing Costner's baseball skills in action
Ben Affleck remembers filming Field of Dreams with Kevin Costner — but he's not sure Costner actually remembers him.
Affleck, 52, and his best friend Matt Damon appear as extras in the 1989 film during scenes shot at Boston's Fenway Park. At the time, the two were aspiring actors, thrilled to be on the movie set.
On a May 2024 episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Costner said he did remember meeting the besties while filming the movie. 'They were sitting in the stands, like college guys. And they would both lean in at the same time, lean back at the same time, look at each other at the same time,' he said.
Costner, 70, said he also remembered speaking to the extras in between scenes. 'We talked and they had this big enthusiasm,' he said of the young actors. 'They were on fire.'
But when Affleck appeared on Kimmel on April 24, he told the host he was pretty sure Costner wasn't totally telling the truth. "Kevin is being kind saying he remembers us, because we were not memorable," Affleck said. "We were, like, just annoying — you know what I mean? — and there were a lot of people there. It's sweet of him to say that, but I'm pretty sure he remembers, like, the actors with lines."
As for their appearance in the film, Affleck said of himself and Damon, 54, "We were, you know, serious actors from a very young age, and so, we got to know the local casting person in Boston, who would cast when a movie came to town. Like Field of Dreams, you know, they needed extras, and so we would go do extra work, because we wanted to be actors."
Affleck said they were both awed seeing Costner. "It was, like, seeing, you know, God. Him and James Earl Jones," Affleck said of Costner's costar in the film. The movie also starred Amy Madigan, Gaby Hoffmann, Ray Liotta and Burt Lancaster.
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"We went and it was like two days in Fenway Park,' Affleck remembered. He also remembered at the time that he felt that actor could be 'fraudulent,' but then he saw Costner — who had also starred in the classic 1988 baseball romcom Bull Durham — take batting practice.
"And I will say, he banged a bunch of balls off the Green Monster," Affleck said of Fenway's famous left field wall. "Hit a ball out of the park."
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He also joked that years later, he read an interview in which Damon mentioned taking batting practice at Fenway and hitting the balls off the Green Monster. 'I was like, 'Matt, are you remembering yourself as Kevin Costner?' " Affleck said with a laugh.
Field of Dreams was Affleck and Damon's first movie together, but there have been 13 more since, including their 1997 Oscar-winning breakout Good Will Hunting and, more recently, movies like The Last Duel, Air and their upcoming movie Animals.
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Costner spoke to PEOPLE in 2024 about his Field of Dreams encounter with Affleck and Damon.
'Somehow they sidled up right next to me,' he said. 'I was talking to them, and it was just clear that their eyes were wide open about what they wanted to do, and look what they've done with their careers. Amazing.'
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