Matt Damon is opening up about award season and revealed he isn’t too eager on campaigning for a movie to be acknowledged.
In a brand new interview whereas selling his Netflix film The Rip, the Oscar winner was fast say he “100%” doesn’t thoughts lacking out on award season.
“What I don’t like is this concept of campaigning,” Damon stated on Netflix’s Skip Intro podcast. “It appears fully backwards to me. It’s simply odd.”
He continued, “And possibly it’s good for films, simply having all of it on the market, and will get the tradition pondering and speaking about films. I hope that’s the case…”
Damon famous that, with all the eye movies get in the course of the marketing campaign path amid award season, he understands this might assist individuals keep aware of a sure film amid “a lot noise.”
The actor has efficiently campaigned throughout award season, successful an Oscar for his screenplay for Good Will Hunting. Damon was nominated 3 times for appearing, and in 2024, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer received the Academy Award for Finest Image.
Regardless of not being eager on award season, Damon will almost certainly discover himself happening the marketing campaign path once more after starring in Nolan’s The Odyssey. When requested about engaged on the epic, Damon stated he was “nonetheless type of unpacking” the expertise and famous it had “a profound impact” on him.
“Doing The Odyssey this final yr, it felt like my one probability in my life to make a David Lean film, you realize?” he stated. “That I used to be making the final huge film on movie that I used to be ever going to get to make.”
