LOL: Matt Damon Recreates Most Of His Film Career In Just Over 8 Minutes
When British comedian and actorJames Cordentook the stage atThe Late Late Showfor the first time earlier this year, he had some help from American treasure Tom Hanks. The two teamed up torecreate the Oscar winner’s entire film careerin less than seven minutes, andArnold Schwarzenegger did the same thingin just six minutes a couple months later.
Well,Matt Damonhas been making the publicity rounds forThe Martianhitting theaters this weekend, and he decided to have some fun onThe Late Late Showby reliving all the Matt Damon movie roles we know and love (and some we don’t) in about eight minutes.
Here’s the video fromThe Late Late Show with James Corden:
There’s a part of me that wishes every actor would do this when they stop byThe Late Late Show, but that would probably make the novelty wear off pretty quickly. So it’s probably best to save it for when an A-list star like Matt Damon stops by.
At first I was going to nitpick about the inclusion ofVincent Casselwhen Damon and Corden recreatedOcean’s Eleven, but since they ended up just having those faces on hand so they could easily to all three movies in Steven Soderbergh’s heist franchise, I guess we can let it go. However, I’m pretty sureEddie Izzarddeserved to have his face on a stick for that sequence.
The transition betweenThe Legend of Bagger VanceandThe Departedis pretty great, and Corden seems to have a good grasp on aJude Lawimpression that he really needs to use more often somehow. And it wouldn’t be a timely visit without a shameless plug forThe Martianas well.
However, I must say that I’m a little disappointed, because this video misses quite a few movies from Matt Damon’s career. You won’t findInterstellar, which wouldn’t have been hard to couple withThe Martian, orThe Monuments Men, which could have come right afterSaving Private Ryan. And there’s alsoThe Good Shepherd,All the Pretty Horses,Titan A.E.,Dogmaand of courseJay & Silent Bob Strike BackandEuroTrip.
I suppose I can’t slight the show for avoiding some of his less celebrated and nearly forgotten film roles, but did anyone else completely forget about Damon’s role inHappy Feet Twountil this video reminded us? Anyway, good show, Matt Damon.
