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Matt Damon has revealed that Good Will Hunting was originally going to include a gay sex scene.

The actor, who won Best Writing Oscar for the film with Ben Affleck, said they included a steamy scene to catch out the original producers.

“We were convinced they weren’t reading the re-writes," Damon says on Friday's Graham Norton Show.

"So, we started adding random scenes, first a love scene and then a gay sex scene that was gayer than anything in Liberace.

"It was full on and they didn’t comment!"

So, what happened to the scene? Damon says it's removal was all down to their new producer, Harvey Weinstein.

"Finally we took it to Harvey, who really saved us, and the first thing he said was, ‘I have one note. The sex scene has to go!'"

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But despite winning an Oscar and being nominated since, some people still confuse Damon with fellow Hollywood star Mark Wahlberg.

“I get confused with him all the time. We talked about it years ago because it kept happening."

But rather than explain that they are actually kind of a big deal, the pair have made an agreement.

"The deal is, if you’re mistaken for the other guy you have to be extremely polite. I can’t ruin his name, so when I’m Mark Wahlberg I have to be on my best behaviour!"

Damon has also announced himself as one of the many celebrity fans of his Monuments Men co-star Hugh Bonneville in ITV's Downton Abbey.

“My wife is an addict. It’s a problem. We were supposed to watch it together and I came to bed one night and she said, ‘I’ve just watched six of them – I’ll tell you what happened!’

She wanted to watch the seventh and didn’t want to go back to the beginning. So she’s done the whole thing and I am on my own.”

* Graham Norton airs Friday 14 February at 10.35pm on BBC One