Move over, Matt Damon<\/strong> \u2014 Ben Affleck<\/strong> has found a new bromance with Kevin Costner<\/strong>, a source tells Globe<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u201cBen has a lot more in common than ever with Kevin and lot more than he does with Matt right now,\u201d says the source, noting that the Oscar winners \u2014 who are both actors-turned-directors \u2014 have both been through multiple failed marriages. \u201cKevin sees himself in Ben in a lot of ways.\u201d<\/p>\n The pair, who starred together in 2010\u2019s The Company Men<\/em><\/a>, \u201chave been personal friends for a while, but it\u2019s been a bumpy couple of years for both of them, so they\u2019ve been leaning on each other and being supportive.\u201d<\/p>\n Costner settled a messy divorce from his second wife, Christine Baumgartner<\/strong>, after 20 years in 2024. Affleck\u2019s second marriage, to Jennifer Lopez<\/strong><\/a>, ended in 2025.<\/p>\n Since then, they\u2019re both \u201cup to their eyeballs in work,\u201d says the source, with Costner, 70, finishing his Horizon: An American Saga<\/em><\/a> film series and Affleck, 53, producing films.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re also very involved parents to their growing and grown-up children,\u201d adds the source.<\/p>\n Largely considered two of Hollywood\u2019s most eligible bachelors, the source says they\u2019re still finding time to date<\/a> \u2014 with Costner currently involved in a romance with director Kelly Noonan Gores<\/strong>, per People<\/em><\/a> \u2014 and \u201ccomparing notes where appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n Affleck \u201ccan\u2019t really confide in\u201d longtime BFF Damon \u2014 who\u2019s been married to Luciana Barroso<\/strong> for 20 years \u2014 about being single in Hollywood right now, the source points out.<\/p>\n \u201cBut Ben and Kevin relate on a deep level,\u201d says the source, \u201cand they\u2019ve been a great comfort to each other during a pretty crazy time in both of their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source globemagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Xavier Collin\/Image Press Agency; RCF \/ MEGA Move over, Matt Damon \u2014 Ben Affleck has found a new bromance with Kevin Costner, a source tells Globe. \u201cBen has a lot more in common than ever with Kevin and lot more than he does with Matt right now,\u201d says the source, noting that the Oscar winners […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2018846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2018845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Inside-Ben-Affleck-and-Kevin-Costners-Bromance-Actors-Have-\u2018More.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2018845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2018846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2018845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2018845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2018845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/staging.globemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Featured-2-Ben-Affleck-Kevin-Costner-2.jpeg\")