United Kingdom, Jan. 13 -- Matt Damon's wife thought Ben Affleck was "the cute one" in Good Will Hunting long before the couple met.

Actor Matt, 55, and Luciana, 49, met in a bar in Miami, Florida, in 2003, and months into their relationship, he was introduced to her best friend, and Matt learned that Luciana's pal eyed him, and his spouse was attracted to 53-year-old actor Ben.

Appearing on SiriusXM's The Howard Stern Show on Monday (12.01.26), Matt - who popped the question to Luciana shortly before Labor Day in September 2005 - recalled: "This is f****** completely true.

"After we'd been together for a little while, probably a few months, she admitted that - I think I met her best friend from high school, and it came out that the tw...