Q 01/05

The actor who played Sean Maguire in Good Will Hunting had a contract that gave him what?

A) Final cut

B) A producer credit

C) A share of the gross

D) A directing deal

Answer · why

C) A share of the gross

A share of the gross, which kept growing with ticket sales until Miramax found it cheaper to pull the film from theaters than keep paying it.

Q 02/05

Who directed Good Will Hunting?

A) Ron Howard

B) Curtis Hanson

C) Rob Reiner

D) Gus Van Sant

Answer · why

D) Gus Van Sant

Gus Van Sant reached the writers through Casey Affleck, whom he had cast in To Die For.

Q 03/05

Who plays Billy McBride, one of Will's South Boston friends?

A) Cole Hauser

B) Ethan Hawke

C) Mark Wahlberg

D) Giovanni Ribisi

Answer · why

A) Cole Hauser

Cole Hauser plays Billy McBride, one of the friends who give Will an old car for his birthday, the car Will later drives to California.

Q 04/05

What was Will Hunting's job at MIT?

A) Lab assistant

B) Janitor

C) Security guard

D) Cafeteria cook

Answer · why

B) Janitor

Janitor was a job the writers knew from home: they drew on family lives, and Affleck's father had worked as a janitor at Harvard.

Q 05/05

Which star plays the therapist Sean Maguire in Good Will Hunting?

A) Morgan Freeman

B) Harvey Keitel

C) Robert De Niro

D) Robin Williams

Answer · why

D) Robin Williams

Robin Williams won an Oscar for the role and used his speech to thank 'especially the people of South Boston'.