Matt Damon revealed he had no idea that Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was once his Harvard classmate. 

Many fans were left in awe after learning that Damon was in an acting class with Jackson when they both attended Harvard together. 

Damon and his Odyssey costar, Anne Hathaway - who stars as his wife in the film and has been receiving Oscar buzz for the role - were doing an interview with CBS Mornings on Friday when he was asked to reminisce on his college years.

Namely, the interviewer Adriana Diaz played a video of Jackson, 55, from February, in which the lawyer and jurist gushed about how she was once paired up with Damon in an acting class together.

However, Damon appeared to have a tough time remembering much about his former classmate.

'I remember the class, but I didn't put it together until I heard that [she was confirmed] and I was like, "Oh my god,"' he said. 

'And then I ran around and I'm telling my kids, I'm like, "You know who I did a scene with?"'

Jackson, who has also performed on Broadway, said that Damon was 'already well-known' and now whenever she sees him on TV, she admits she says: 'I know that guy!' 

'I can't believe she would say, "I know that guy," when it's like, she's a Supreme Court justice. It's amazing. It's amazing,' Damon said.

He also recalled after she was sworn into office in 2022, he went to his daughters with excitement about how they had taken a class together back in the day. 

He shares four daughters with his wife Luciana. The longtime couple are parents to Isabella, 20, Gia, 17, and Stella, 15, as well as Luciana's daughter Alexia, 27, from a past relationship.

When Hathaway asked if there was anybody else notable in the same class, Damon recalled how his best friend Ben Affleck once joined them for class.

He said it was in that same acting class that he and his best friend 'workshopped' Good Will Hunting together and read scenes they were writing for an early version of the screenplay. 

Many fans shared their stunned reactions to the revelation in the comments section.

'Wowww this is amazing,' one fan commented on the interview posted on Instagram. 'What an honor to be in a class together.' 

Another person added: 'Omg imagine being in that class?!'

'That is effing amazing,' one Instagram user wrote. 'Of course they all went to Harvard!!!' 

'This is so sweet, and two really amazing people who intersected so long ago. How cool,' another person commented in reaction to the revelation. 

'Imagine Matt Damon bragging about knowing you,' one fan added. 

Another fan commented underneath the CBS interview clip: 'That is amazing! His humility is even more amazing!' 

'Crazy how this world of ours can seem so big,' one social media user mused about Damon and Jackson's unexpected connection. 'Yet we are constantly reminded of how we are all connected. 

Damon grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was in the class of 1992 at Harvard University. 

He majored in English and studied at the prestigious university for three years before leaving for Hollywood. 

At Harvard, Damon famously wrote an early draft of the screenplay for Good Will Hunting in a playwriting class. 

In 1997, Damon and Affleck, his best friend, both starred in the film in addition to being the writers of the screenplay. 

The longtime friends would later go on to win an Oscar for Best Screenplay the following year.