{"id":2241313,"date":"2026-01-19T21:49:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T21:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2241313"},"modified":"2026-01-19T21:49:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T21:49:05","slug":"why-gwyneth-paltrow-didnt-get-to-know-hook-costar-robin-williams-until-ben-affleck-reconnected-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/why-gwyneth-paltrow-didnt-get-to-know-hook-costar-robin-williams-until-ben-affleck-reconnected-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Gwyneth Paltrow didn&#8217;t get to know \u201cHook\u201d costar Robin Williams until Ben Affleck reconnected them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/gwyneth-paltrow\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Gwyneth Paltrow;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Gwyneth Paltrow<\/a> costarred with the late <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/robin-williams\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Robin Williams;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Robin Williams<\/a> in the 1991 movie <em>Hook<\/em>, but it was her ex <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/ben-affleck\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ben Affleck;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Ben Affleck<\/a> who was responsible for her getting to know him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I only got to know him a bit when <em>Good Will Hunting<\/em> came out,&#8221; Paltrow said on a recent edition of Amy Poehler&#8217;s <em>Good Hang<\/em> podcast. &#8220;Because I was dating one of the people who wrote that movie and was in that movie, so I got to know him then.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>TriStar Pictures<\/p>\n<p> Gwyneth Paltrow in &#8216;Hook&#8217; in 1991<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">One of Paltrow&#8217;s first projects was <em>Hook<\/em>, Steven Spielberg&#8217;s tale about a grown-up Peter Pan that starred Williams as Peter, Julia Roberts as Tinkerbell, Dustin Hoffman as the villainous Capt. Hook, and Bob Hoskins as Hook&#8217;s sidekick Smee. Paltrow played the younger version of Wendy, while Maggie Smith played the elder version.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But Paltrow said she didn&#8217;t work with Williams for her minor part.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A few years later, the future Oscar winner and Goop founder found herself dating Affleck \u2014 whom she was with for three years before breaking up for good in 1999 \u2014 when he and friend Matt Damon co-wrote their career-making movie about a janitor who turns out to be a genius.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Oh, he\u2019s so good,&#8221; Paltrow said of Williams, who played a counselor to Damon&#8217;s Will in the drama. &#8220;I love that movie. It&#8217;s a perfect movie. I love it so much.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Paltrow noted that she was especially a fan of the music by the late Elliott Smith and director Gus Van Sant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong><em>Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/ew-dispatch-newsletter-11812417\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:EW Dispatch newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">EW Dispatch newsletter<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<strong><em><br \/><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Good Will Hunting <\/em>propelled the careers of Affleck and Damon onto a higher level of fame. It also made them Oscar winners when their script was deemed the best of the year. Williams himself won his only Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <em>Mork &amp; Mindy<\/em> actor went on to appear in movies including <em>One Hour Photo<\/em>, <em>Night at the Museum<\/em>, and <em>Happy Feet<\/em> before he died by suicide on Aug. 11, 2014.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">See the full conversation above.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/gwyneth-paltrow-says-ben-affleck-reconnected-her-with-robin-williams-11881307\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Entertainment Weekly;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gwyneth Paltrow costarred with the late Robin Williams in the 1991 movie Hook, but it was her ex Ben Affleck who was responsible for her getting to know him. &#8220;I only got to know him a bit when Good Will Hunting came out,&#8221; Paltrow said on a recent edition of Amy Poehler&#8217;s Good Hang podcast. 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