In 1992, Matt Damon was “so pissed” he wasn’t cast in a movie. A year later, it was filmed right outside his bedroom door

Matt Damon has recalled missing out on a role in the 1994 film *With Honors*, then finding the production filming outside his Harvard dorm the following year. The coincidence made the rejection especially frustrating and illustrates how uncertain his early acting career was.

Damon auditioned in late 1992 while studying at Harvard, where he had enrolled in 1988 and left before graduating in 1993. He said he was broke and angry when he did not get the part, which the article suggests may have been the student role eventually played by Brendan Fraser. When filming began at Harvard in early 1993, Damon was stopped on his way to class because the crew was shooting outside his dorm.