Office Space is an all-time classic, isn’t it? But wait, what if I told you that Good Will Hunting legends Matt Damon and Ben Affleck were almost the stars? Yeah, for real. At the time, Fox was aiming to cast Ben and Matt for the role given to Ron Livingston. But here’s the plot twist: Ron Livingston’s audition was a blast and couldn’t be ignored.

Mike Judge, the genius behind the film, was looking for someone who didn’t have “star energy” – and Affleck and Damon were proud of their fame. He met Matt Damon, who was very involved in the storyline but still knew Livingston was his man. “I had found Peter,” the judge said. And thus Peter Gibbons was born, the ultimate office drone.

But wait, there’s more to the Office Space cast than Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. While Peter was getting his cabin moment, Jennifer Aniston was cast as Joanna (the waitress who gives Peter all the feels) – before becoming a Friends icon. At the time, Aniston wasn’t really a household name, and she was just excited to do a comedy like Office Space. She even said: “I was excited about doing a comedy like Office Space; features like that didn’t work for me at that time. Talk about humble beginnings.

Now for the really wild part…Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn both auditioned for the role of Lawrence, Peter’s laid-back and lovable neighbor. Can you imagine Vaughn throwing out these iconic lines? It would have been a completely different atmosphere. In the end, Diedrich Bader succeeded, but still, what could have been?

Twenty years later, Office Space remains the ultimate solution for anyone who has survived a hard day at work. Even though Matt Damon and Ben Affleck never made it to the final cast, the humor, the characters, and the entire vibe of the film still hits home for anyone stuck in the grind. To celebrate, Entertainment Weekly released an epic oral history of the film, filled with behind-the-scenes stories from Mike Judge, Jennifer Aniston and the gang.

So yeah, the next time you’re stuck in a cubicle, remember: Matt Damon and Ben Affleck it could have been your colleagues. Wild, right?

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