Matt Damon has attempted to explain Boston from the perspective of his hometown.
The Bourne Identity actor, 53, currently stars alongside fellow Boston native Casey Affleck, 48, in The Instigators.
The film was shot and set in Boston, Massachusetts, and is Damon’s first time filming there since 2006’s The Departed.
“The sense of humor and the way people tend to look at the world here,” he said in an interview with People“It’s really fun when you come from there because you know what it’s like.”
He continued: “It may be annoying for people who are not from here, but when you are from here, it’s like wearing a comfortable pair of socks.”
Matt Damon tried to explain Boston from the perspective of his hometown. The Bourne Identity actor, 53, currently stars alongside fellow Bostonian Casey Affleck, 48, in The Instigators, seen here at the film’s premiere.
The film, which was co-written by Casey and produced by Damon and Ben Affleck, is about “two thieves who must go on the run with the help of one of their therapists after a robbery goes wrong,” according to Deadline.
Casey talked about what it was like filming the movie in his hometown so many years after moving to the West Coast.
“Boston has changed a lot,” he said. “It’s not really the city we grew up in… The whole country has changed. There have been a lot of changes in culture.”
He added: ‘On the other hand, it is the place where I still feel more at home than anywhere else.
“That says a lot about what a place does to you when you’re growing up. I’ll always be connected to this place no matter how much it changes.”
Damon added: “The Instigators is an augmented reality that we’ve built; it’s not the real world,” but “it’s grounded enough that it feels like a Boston movie.”
The Bourne Identity director Doug Liman is helming the Apple Original film, which is now in theaters and debuts on the streaming service on August 9.
The film also stars Hong Chau, who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Whale, and Richard Jewell star Paul Walter Hauser.
The film was shot and set in Boston, Massachusetts, and is Damon’s first time filming there since 2006’s The Departed.
“The sense of humor and the way people tend to look at the world here,” he said in an interview with People, “it’s really funny when you come from there because you know what it’s like,” Matt and Casey pictured at the premiere of The Instigators
He continued: “It can be annoying for people who aren’t from here. But when you’re from here, it feels like, you know, a comfortable pair of socks,
The film, which was co-written by Casey and produced by Damon and Ben Affleck, is about “two thieves who must go on the run with the help of one of their therapists after a robbery goes wrong,” according to Deadline, seen here in 2024.
Although Matt’s friendship with Casey’s brother Ben is better known, he and the younger brother have appeared together in almost as many films over the years.
Both were part of the eponymous gang of robbers in Oceans Eleven, Twelve and Thirteen, although Matt played a more prominent role alongside George Clooney and Brad Pitt.
They also starred together in Interstellar (2014) and Oppenheimer (2023).
And perhaps most famously, Casey appeared in Good Will Hunting with his older brother and Damon, who co-wrote the script and won the Oscar for it.
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