Key Highlights
- Matt Damon remembered being put in his place by one of Hollywood's finest as he reminisced on his decades-long career.
- During an appearance on the "Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend" podcast, the Oscar-winner revealed that Clint Eastwood had a few choice words for the actor while they worked together on the 2009 docudrama "Invictus."While running down the list of directors Damon worked with, O'Brien admitted he couldn't get a sense of Eastwood's style.
- MATT DAMON SAYS HE DROPPED TO ‘HIGH SCHOOL’ WEIGHT FOR EPIC TRANSFORMATION IN ‘THE ODYSSEY’ Clint Eastwood directed Matt Damon in the 2009 flick "Invictus." (Dave Hogan) "I worked with him twice, and the first time was ‘Invictus,’" Damon recalled.
- "So I was playing a South African rugby player, and that's a really tough accent to do." JAMES CAMERON SETS RECORD STRAIGHT ON MATT DAMON'S 'AVATAR' CASTING CLAIMSDamon spent six months working with a dialect coach to master the accent, with little interest from his director.
- "It was a long … it was a lot of work," Damon said.
