Real Life Good Will Hunting: Janitor Graduates From Columbia University; Won’t Hang Up His Mop
Posted on May 14, 2012 @ 09:00AM - Add a comment
By Debbie Emery - Radar Reporter
After four years of scrubbing toilets and mopping floors, a refugee from war-torn Yugoslavia swapped his janitorial overalls for a cap and gown to graduate from Columbia University.
In a success story that is reminiscent of Matt Damon’s character in Good Will Hunting, 52-year-old Gac Filipaj received his Bachelor’s degree in classics on Sunday after 12 years of juggling late-night studying in his Bronx, New York apartment, while he cleaned the Ivy League school’s halls during daylight hours, reported NBCNewYork.com.
Matt Damon & Ben Affleck Making Whitey Bulger Movie
Posted on Oct 25, 2011 @ 06:00AM - Add a comment
Beantown boys-turned-Hollywood hunks Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are bringing the story of recently-captured Boston mafia don Whitey Bulger to the silver screen.
Damon told GQ he will play Bulger, while Affleck is set to direct and act in the film. Terence Winter, of HBO's critically-acclaimed Boardwalk Empire, is the scriptwriter.
Damon and Affleck won the Oscar for best original screenplay for their 1997 opus Good Will Hunting.
