Ben Affleck’s youngsters had been pumped to go to Matt Damon on the set of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, however Affleck’s personal film units? Not a lot.
Affleck, 53, and Damon, 55, dropped by The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday, January 13, to advertise their new film The Rip, the place Affleck revealed that he took his kids to the set of the upcoming fantasy epic.
The Argo director and actor shares three kids with ex-wife Jennifer Garner: Violet, 20, Seraphina, 17, and Samuel, 13.
“I’m an enormous fan of Chris’,” Affleck mentioned. “It’s a type of issues the place my youngsters by no means wish to come to the set after I’m working. ‘Hey, you guys, we’re doing a factor on the set’ they usually’re like, ‘No, I bought college.’”
He continued, “However they had been actually psyched to come back go to this set. My center little one’s actually involved in studying the Iliad and the Odyssey, and we went there, and it was actually nice.”
Affleck mentioned he was “grateful” that fellow Oscar winner Nolan, 55, allowed him to go to the film set.
“My youngsters actually preferred it,” he shared. “It was kinda cool. It was actually, very nice. I used to be deeply grateful to him.”
Damon then went on to disclose that Affleck and his kids bought fairly the VIP expertise as a result of there have been no different friends allowed on set. (The Odyssey filmed on location in Morocco, Greece, Italy, Iceland and Scotland between February and August 2025.)
“You had been the one visitor in six months of taking pictures,” Damon advised his longtime pal.
“It’s simply the workload, it was such an formidable venture that the quantity of labor that wanted to be finished, there was simply no time for the rest,” Damon defined. “I’ve by no means, ever finished a film that simply required each single individual to work, to type of give most effort.”
Damon added, “I mentioned to [Affleck] after I bought again, each location on that film would have been the toughest location on every other film I’ve ever finished, and any day of labor would have been more durable than every other day on every other film I’ve ever finished.”
Regardless of the extreme taking pictures schedule, Damon mentioned he’s extremely pleased with the film, which is an adaptation of Homer’s historical Greek epic poem.
A Boston boy by and thru. Ben Affleck has been a Hollywood A-lister for greater than twenty years, however he’s by no means forgotten his New England roots (or his love of Dunkin’ espresso). Born in Berkeley, California, the avid Crimson Sox fan moved to Massachusetts together with his household when he was simply 3 years previous. He […]
“It was completely the head of my total profession. I liked each minute of it,” he mentioned.
Damon performs Greek king Odysseus within the film, which additionally stars Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong’o and Charlize Theron. The Odyssey is ready for launch on July 16.
Additionally on Tuesday, Affleck gushed solely to Us Weekly about reuniting with Damon of their new movie, The Rip.
“I hold relearning issues about Matt that I already knew and I overlook them,” Affleck joked to Us on the movie’s New Yok Metropolis premiere. “Truthfully, I’m repeatedly reminded of what an amazing father he’s and what a wonderful actor he’s.”
“You’re actually fortunate if you are able to do this for a residing,” Affleck added of how their careers have intertwined for thus many many years. “And also you’re exceptionally fortunate if you are able to do it with folks you like and care about.”
The Rip premieres on Netflix Friday, January 16.
