Matt Damon once found himself in a sticky situation. He was supposed to kiss his co-star Michael Douglas in a movie scene, and the same was quite challenging for him to say the least. The actor came up with an ingenious way to handle the intimate sequence. In a remarkable technique, Damon imagined kissing Douglas’s wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones, to make the scene bearable.
This little incident is emblematic of the resourcefulness and ingenuity actors often apply to make challenging roles possible. The Departed movie star is supremely talented and has acted in various films across genres. His technique shows his commitment to his craft that, despite his extreme personal discomfort, he chose to go along with the script and employed intelligent and clever techniques to make it bearable.
Matt Damon Had To Do Mental Gymnastics To Make Kissing Scene Bearable!
Matt Damon gained global stardom for his excellent performance in the 1997 film Good Will Hunting, which he wrote with his co-star Ben Affleck and both won an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. This commercially hit and critically acclaimed project launched his career forward and has since solidified his position in Hollywood as a sensational multi-hyphenate actor.
In 2013, The Last Duel movie actor starred opposite Michael Douglas in the American biographical comedy-drama Behind the Candelabra. Nevertheless, Douglas once revealed that his co-star Damon told him he imagined him as Douglas’ wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones while filming an intimate scene in the movie and locking lips with him. The Black Rain movie star shared,
“Matt says when he kissed me, he thought of Catherine. She was very pleased by that. I thought of Matt,” he added, “There was a tenderness about him. The way he kissed.”
The actor added that he was stunned when film director Steven Soderbergh told him the Air movie star agreed to play such a bold role. The actor said,
“When Steven told me Matt wanted to play Scott, I thought, ‘Wow, that’s brave’. Matt’s in a group of really impressive – Brad [Pitt], George [Clooney], Matt, and Ben [Affleck] – willing to take chances. It surprised me – in a good way.”
Damon’s ingenuity is emblematic of the new approach towards acting, where actors employ different techniques and go to great lengths to make their scenes the best. Despite challenging scripts, actors give their 100%.
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Matt Damon Opens Up About Filming An Intimate Scene With His Co-star
Matt Damon performed a challenging part in his 2013 film Behind the Candelabra, in which he played Scott Thorson, who dated famous American pianist Liberace, depicted by Michael Douglas. In a tell-all interview, the actor revealed his experience filming an intimate scene with his co-star in the Steven Soderbergh-directed HBO movie.
“Normally I’d say no to nudity, but I just did a lot of it playing the long-term partner of Liberace, Scott Thorson, in Behind the Candelabra. I mean, it’s tastefully done…but the movie’s not going to be for everyone. For one scene, I had to come out of the pool, go over to Michael Douglas, straddle him on a chaise lounge and start kissing him. It’s not like I kiss him just once. We drew it up like a football plan.”
Matt Damon has achieved enormous success in his storied career and has astonished the industry with his incredible acting chops. He is a multifaceted actor, film producer, and screenwriter who has successfully built a juggernaut in showbiz. The actor has done varied roles in multigenre films and has also served as a producer of several blockbuster record-smashing projects.
Source: E! Online
