22 years after The Bourne Identity, Matt Damon says his reunion with director for new action comedy will be very different
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Matt Damon says his reunion with The Bourne Identity director Doug Liman on new action comedy The Instigators will be a little bit different this time around.
“‘It was fun shooting a different kind of car chase with [Liman],” Damon tellsTotal Film in our new issueout on Thursday, June 20, which featuresDeadpool and Wolverineon the cover. “Jason Bourne knows exactly what he’s doing, and where he’s going at all times. And obviously Rory is the opposite.”
The Instigators follows two thieves named Rory (Damn) and Cobby (Casey Affleck) who are forced to go on the run after a botched robbery – and end up dragging along one of their therapists in the process (Hong Chau).
“The last time I worked with Matt, we were basically kids being yelled at constantly by the authority figures in Hollywood,” Liman recalls, lamenting on his first big blockbuster film. “I had a moment on The Instigators when I was like: ‘Holy shit, there’s no studio boss. This is for Matt and Ben [Affleck]’s company. How did this happen, that we are now the adults in the room?'”
The Instigators is slated for a limited theatrical release in the US starting on August 2 before hitting Apple TV Plus and select UK cinemas on August 9. And you can read more about it and a whole lot else besides in the new issue of Total Film when it hits shelves and digital newsstands on Thursday, June 20.
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Lauren Milici is a Senior Entertainment Writer for GamesRadar+ currently based in the Midwest. She previously reported on breaking news for The Independent’s Indy100 and created TV and film listicles for Ranker. Her work has been published in Fandom, Nerdist, Paste Magazine, Vulture, PopSugar, Fangoria, and more.
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