Some of them met on the set, some of them have been close since childhood and made careers together. Gathered the most famous best friends!
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck
Matt and Ben have known each other since the cradle and built acting careers together and even wrote the script for the late ’90s Oscar-winning movie Good Will Hunting. Meanwhile, Affleck once said, “If I wake up one day in a shabby hotel and there’s a dead prostitute next to me, the first person I’ll call is Matt.” Real boyfriend friendship!
Penelope Cruz and Salma Hayek
The actresses have been friends for over 20 years and met long before they were popular. When Penelope moved to Los Angeles, she said she didn’t know anyone there except Salma: A friend protected her and helped her stand up! Now they are friends with their families, going to visit each other and on vacation together. During the filming of Bandidas in 2006, when a plane nearly crashed into them on set, Cruz said: “Then I had the idea that if I died, at least he’d be with my best friend.”
Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet
Their friendship began on the set: they starred together in Titanic and have been inseparable ever since. “We’re so close—even my closest friends are jealous of me,” Kate said jokingly calling DiCaprio “stupid old Leo.”
Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox
One of the most popular friendly couples in Hollywood! Jen and Courtney, of course, met on the set of the series “Friends”: and if the series ended in 2004, then the friendship of the actresses still remains. “I love Jennifer. With her, I can be who I really am and feel under her protection,” Courtney said.
Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock
Ryan was the first to support Sandra during her divorce from Jess James, and they subsequently starred together in 2009’s The Proposal and their relationship grew stronger.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire
They met on one of the cast members in the late ’80s, and DiCaprio later said of Toby: “I knew right away that I wanted to be friends with this kid.” They now have joint films “This Guy’s Life”, “Cafe Dons Plum” and “The Great Gatsby” and a friendship that has been tested over the years.
Brad Pitt and George Clooney
The actors started talking while working on Ocean’s Eleven. For example, Clooney once said: “I am proud that he is my friend.”
Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe
Jackman owes his career to Crowe: Russell recommended him instead for the role of Wolverine in the film adaptation of the comic book about the X-Men. And Hugh paid back the same money! In 2012 he invited a friend to the musical Les Misérables and, according to other actors, it was never boring on set thanks to them.
Robert Downey Jr and Mel Gibson
Their friendship began on the set of the 1990 movie Air America: they no longer appear together on screen, but in real life they became close friends and often supported each other. For example, in 2011, when Gibson divorced singer Oksana Grigoryeva in a scandal and the media accused him of assault, Downey Jr. stood up for a friend and told reporters: “Which of you is without sin?”
Tom Cruise and David Beckham
They met in the early 2000s when David still had a very short haircut and was playing for Manchester United. Later, Beckham and his family moved to the United States and bought a cottage next door to Tom’s in Los Angeles. They say that David and Vicki’s son was named Cruz in honor of a family friend! But now, they communicate less often.
Source: People Talk
