Matt Damon has made some terrible business judgments in the past. However, the actor, best known for his work as Jason Bourne in The Bourne Identity and its sequels, has certainly come a long way since his Hollywood debut. Good Will Hunting may have catapulted the actor to fame in the late 1990s, but Damon has since found out how to be active as a movie star without continually making news.
After a hilarious encounter between Damon and the paparazzi came to light, wherein while on his way to his Ocean’s Eleven co-star Don Cheadle‘s house once, he lost his way in Cheadle’s neighborhood while trying to ditch the paparazzi and eventually ended up being guided by them when he ended up clueless on the street Cheadle’s house is on, where (you guessed it right) the paparazzi had set up camp.
The big league that is Hollywood
Damon’s first film role was a minor one in 1989’s Mystic Pizza. His career progressively kept on advancing in the early 1990s, with smaller roles in School Ties, Geronimo: An American Legend, and Courage Under Fire. However, Damon’s career took off in late 1997. Damon’s popularity began to grow as he bagged the lead in both The Rainmaker and Good Will Hunting. The latter earned him an Academy Award for co-writing the film’s screenplay.
Since then, the actor has had his fair share of career setbacks. However, he has also starred in films that have endured the test of time. Saving Private Ryan, The Talented Mr. Ripley, and Ocean’s Eleven are all well-known films. And, as previously said, his position in the Bourne franchise has kept him on the A list. Matt Damon has even directed award-winning films, including The Departed and The Martian.
Damon’s genius theory to stay out of the limelight
“The media gave up on me because I was so boring. What sells magazines is s-x and scandal. Everybody knows I’m married, a dad, and relatively free of scandal. It’s not worth their money to sit outside my house. They also know I’ll wait them out.”
