When Will is mopping the floor at the beginning of the movie his name tag identifies him as "Bob" rather than "Will".
The phone number printed on the sign for the construction company that they are working for is the actual phone number of a Woburn, MA construction company that Matt Damon worked for while going to high school in Cambridge.
The real Skylar whom Matt Damon dated, and inspired the role of the Good Will Hunting is now married to Lars Ulrich of Metallica and works as an ER doctor.
Gus Van Sant painted the picture that hangs in Sean Maguire's ('Robin Williams' ) office.
An earlier draft of the script had Will Hunting being recruited by the government to become a cryptanalyst (based on his mathematical ability). Rob Reiner reportedly reviewed the script and advised Matt Damon and Ben Affleck to eliminate this subplot. However, there is a reference to it in the final script: the scene where Will meets with NSA agents and explains why he doesn't want to work for them.
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