"The actor spoke to Andy Cohen on radio station SiriusXM on 13 January about working with his friend Ben Affleck once again on their new film, The Rip, and let slip that the pair almost made a gay baseball film years before Heated Rivalry became a viral smash. Cohen probed the actor on how he and Affleck became friends from a young age, as they both grew up near to one another in Cambridge, Massachusetts."
""When happily married baseball superstar Randy Dreyfus suddenly falls in love with second baseman D. J. Pickett, their relationship has a profound impact on their lives, their families, and their team," an official synopsis reads. "You've read The Dreyfus Affair?" Cohen asked Damon, sounding somewhat shocked. "Of course," Damon responded, before dropping a retrospective bombshell on the fight for LGBTQ+ representation on screen."
A planned adaptation of Peter Lefcourt's 1993 novel The Dreyfus Affair: A Love Story into a gay baseball film involving Matt Damon and Ben Affleck did not proceed because the screenplay failed to meet standards. The novel centers on baseball superstar Randy Dreyfus falling in love with second baseman D.J. Pickett and the resulting effects on their lives, families, and team. The near-adaptation emerged amid renewed Damon–Affleck collaboration on The Rip and increased public interest in queer sports stories following the success of Heated Rivalry.
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