Matt Damon and Ben Affleck Both Auditioned for 1996’s ‘Primal Fear.’ They Lost to Edward Norton, Whose Performance Earned Him an Oscar Nomination for His Very First Film Role

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck Both Auditioned for 1996’s ‘Primal Fear.’ They Lost to Edward Norton, Whose Performance Earned Him an Oscar Nomination for His Very First Film Role

In 1996, a courtroom thriller called Primal Fear turned an unknown actor into an overnight Oscar contender — and sent two future stars back to their apartment to write the screenplay that would make them famous. The story of who lost the role of Aaron Stampler is almost as remarkable as who won it. Edward […]