For most movie fans, the Matt Damon–Ben Affleck partnership feels like a constant. But what’s easy to forget is just how long they intentionally avoided working side by side. Kyle Chandler, Matt Damon, and Ben Affleck recently appeared on The Kelly Clarkson Show to promote their 2026 movie release , The Rip. As he put it:We had gone, I think it was almost 20 years without working together. Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s most recent collaboration, The Rip, is now available to stream with a Netflix subscription.