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马特·达蒙和本·阿弗莱克曾有一个联名账户:“现在回想起来觉得很奇怪”

马特·达蒙和本·阿弗莱克曾有一个联名账户:“现在回想起来觉得很奇怪”

JANE THIER 2023-03-30
开联名账户的决定源于两人的相互支持,这样可以实现双赢。

本·阿弗莱克(Ben Affleck)和马特·达蒙(Matt Damon)在青少年时期曾有一个联名账户。图片来源:CHRISTOPHER POLK—VARIETY/GETTY IMAGES

分享就是关心。

只要问问演员马特·达蒙和本·阿弗莱克就知道了,这对挚友曾做客比尔·西蒙斯的播客(The Bill Simmons Podcast)节目,该播客节目由The Ringer的体育运动专栏作家西蒙斯主持。

达蒙(52岁)和阿弗莱克(50岁)儿时在他们的家乡马萨诸塞州剑桥市相识。自那以后,他们在好莱坞声名鹊起。他们已经合作了几十个项目,包括电影《心灵捕手》(Good Will Hunting)、《校园风云》(School Ties)和《梦幻之地》(Field of Dreams)。

根据福布斯的最新数据,达蒙和阿弗莱克的净资产估计都是5500万美元(他们的财富可能后来都有所增长),但成功来得并没有那么快。他们告诉西蒙斯,多年来,日子过得很艰难。

上世纪80年代末,当两人孜孜不倦地推进自己的演艺事业时,他们开了一个联名账户。

达蒙说:“这很不寻常,但是……我们试镜、前往纽约都需要钱,所以这笔钱都花在这上面了。”不过,他补充说,两人偶尔也会动用这笔钱来支付娱乐或啤酒费用。

只要两人中任何一个人拿下了一个角色,他们就会把这些收入存入联名账户,作为未来的试镜费用。达蒙说:“你可以拿着这笔钱去纽约试镜。你可以拿出10美元换成25分的硬币,然后去(电子游戏厅)玩电子游戏。”

开联名账户的决定源于两人的相互支持,这样可以实现双赢。阿弗莱克解释道:“我们会互相帮助,互相支持。这就像,‘你不是孤立无援的。我也不是孤立无援的。让我们一起拼搏,闯出一片天地。’”

是否开立联名账户

无论你是否期望自己有一天成为百万富翁,任何人都可以在银行开联名账户。据WalletHub称,对于谁可以在银行开联名账户,没有任何官方限制。而且,无论谁存款,联名账户所有联名人都可以平等地使用账户里的资金。但这是双向的:如果一个人透支,联名账户意味着另一个人也要承担连带责任。

这还涉及达蒙和阿弗莱克的年龄;虽然他们没有明确说明彼时各自的具体年龄,但未成年人(18岁以下)在没有父母或法定监护人陪同的情况下是不能开立银行账户的。不过,话说回来,未成年人也不能买啤酒。

但这一让两位演员都记忆犹新的约定并没有持续太久。达蒙承认,事情最终变得复杂起来,一旦两人开始有了稳定的收入,他们就关闭了这个账户。

不过,这只是他们合作的开始。在一起搬到洛杉矶公寓之前,他们还和阿弗莱克的弟弟卡西(Casey)一起住在马萨诸塞州郊区的一套公寓里,至于是否整洁无从得知。

“我记得有一次,(那时我们住在萨默维尔)我和卡西就说让我们看看他能坚持多久(不倒垃圾)。”阿弗莱克说。“三天后,我们回到家,马特正在玩电子游戏,身边围着各式寿司盒。”

回过头看,即使他们有联名账户,也经常在好莱坞遇到麻烦。“我们会被赶出一些地方,或者我们不得不消费升级或降级,这取决于谁有钱。”阿弗莱克回忆道。(财富中文网)

译者:中慧言-王芳

分享就是关心。

只要问问演员马特·达蒙和本·阿弗莱克就知道了,这对挚友曾做客比尔·西蒙斯的播客(The Bill Simmons Podcast)节目,该播客节目由The Ringer的体育运动专栏作家西蒙斯主持。

达蒙(52岁)和阿弗莱克(50岁)儿时在他们的家乡马萨诸塞州剑桥市相识。自那以后,他们在好莱坞声名鹊起。他们已经合作了几十个项目,包括电影《心灵捕手》(Good Will Hunting)、《校园风云》(School Ties)和《梦幻之地》(Field of Dreams)。

根据福布斯的最新数据,达蒙和阿弗莱克的净资产估计都是5500万美元(他们的财富可能后来都有所增长),但成功来得并没有那么快。他们告诉西蒙斯,多年来,日子过得很艰难。

上世纪80年代末,当两人孜孜不倦地推进自己的演艺事业时,他们开了一个联名账户。

达蒙说:“这很不寻常,但是……我们试镜、前往纽约都需要钱,所以这笔钱都花在这上面了。”不过,他补充说,两人偶尔也会动用这笔钱来支付娱乐或啤酒费用。

只要两人中任何一个人拿下了一个角色,他们就会把这些收入存入联名账户,作为未来的试镜费用。达蒙说:“你可以拿着这笔钱去纽约试镜。你可以拿出10美元换成25分的硬币,然后去(电子游戏厅)玩电子游戏。”

开联名账户的决定源于两人的相互支持,这样可以实现双赢。阿弗莱克解释道:“我们会互相帮助,互相支持。这就像,‘你不是孤立无援的。我也不是孤立无援的。让我们一起拼搏,闯出一片天地。’”

是否开立联名账户

无论你是否期望自己有一天成为百万富翁,任何人都可以在银行开联名账户。据WalletHub称,对于谁可以在银行开联名账户,没有任何官方限制。而且,无论谁存款,联名账户所有联名人都可以平等地使用账户里的资金。但这是双向的:如果一个人透支,联名账户意味着另一个人也要承担连带责任。

这还涉及达蒙和阿弗莱克的年龄;虽然他们没有明确说明彼时各自的具体年龄,但未成年人(18岁以下)在没有父母或法定监护人陪同的情况下是不能开立银行账户的。不过,话说回来,未成年人也不能买啤酒。

但这一让两位演员都记忆犹新的约定并没有持续太久。达蒙承认,事情最终变得复杂起来,一旦两人开始有了稳定的收入,他们就关闭了这个账户。

不过,这只是他们合作的开始。在一起搬到洛杉矶公寓之前,他们还和阿弗莱克的弟弟卡西(Casey)一起住在马萨诸塞州郊区的一套公寓里,至于是否整洁无从得知。

“我记得有一次,(那时我们住在萨默维尔)我和卡西就说让我们看看他能坚持多久(不倒垃圾)。”阿弗莱克说。“三天后,我们回到家,马特正在玩电子游戏,身边围着各式寿司盒。”

回过头看,即使他们有联名账户,也经常在好莱坞遇到麻烦。“我们会被赶出一些地方,或者我们不得不消费升级或降级,这取决于谁有钱。”阿弗莱克回忆道。(财富中文网)

译者:中慧言-王芳

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Just ask actors and lifelong best friends Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, who appeared on The Bill Simmons Podcast, hosted by Simmons, a sports writer at The Ringer.

Damon, 52, and Affleck, 50, met as kids in their hometown of Cambridge, Mass., and have since gone on to monumental success in Hollywood. They’ve teamed up on dozens of projects, including the movies Good Will Hunting, School Ties, and Field of Dreams.

Damon’s and Affleck’s net worths are each estimated to be $55 million, per Forbes’ most recently available data (their fortunes have likely since grown), but success didn’t come so quickly. For years, they told Simmons, times were tough.

In the late 1980s, as the two worked tirelessly to advance their acting careers, they shared a bank account.

“It was unusual, but…we needed the money for auditions, for trips to New York, so that’s what the money was for,” Damon said. He added, however, that the two weren’t entirely business-minded, and occasionally dipped into the account to pay for recreation or beer.

Whenever either of them booked a role, they funneled those earnings into the joint account to go toward future audition costs, Damon said: “You were allowed to go to [auditions in] New York with the money. You were allowed to take out $10 and get quarters and go to [the arcade] and play video games.”

The decision to split finances stemmed from the pair’s mutual support; when one wins, the other wins, Affleck explained. “We were going to help each other and be there for each other. It was like, ‘You’re not going to be alone. I’m not going to be alone. Let’s go out there and do this together.’”

To split or not to split

Whether or not you expect to be millionaires one day, anyone can open a joint bank account. There are no official restrictions on who can own a shared account, according to WalletHub. And everyone named on a given account has equal access to its funds, regardless of who makes a deposit. But that goes both ways: A joint account means joint liability if one person overdrafts.

There’s also the issue of Damon’s and Affleck’s ages; while they didn’t specify exactly how old they were, minors (those younger than 18) can’t open a bank account without a parent or legal guardian. Then again, minors can’t buy beer either.

But the arrangement, which both actors remember fondly, didn’t last long. Damon admitted that it eventually became complicated, and once the two began earning steady incomes, they closed the account.

That was just the beginning of their collaboration, though. Prior to moving to a string of Los Angeles apartments together, they also lived with Casey, Affleck’s younger brother, in an apartment in a Massachusetts suburb—that may or may not have been very tidy.

“I do remember one time, me and Casey in Somerville just being like, let’s see how long he can go [without taking out the trash],” Affleck said. “Three days later, we came home, Matt was playing video games, surrounded by old sushi boxes.”

And even with their shared account in the rearview mirror, the friends often ran into trouble in Hollywood. “We’d get thrown out of some places or we’d have to upgrade or downgrade depending on who had money,” Affleck recalled.

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