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Ben Affleck ROASTS longtime BFF Matt Damon over his burly gray beard

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On a recent Saturday, Ben Affleck and his old friend Matt Damon met up again at the Netflix Tudum 2025: The Live Event held in Inglewood, California. Their goal was to unveil the initial clips of their forthcoming movie titled The Rip.

52-year-old Ben jokingly remarked on stage at The Kia Forum, “I thought Matt would trim his beard before Tudum, and look at us now.

54-year-old Matt decided to let his thick, gray beard grow for his portrayal of King Odysseus, a well-known figure from ancient Greece, in director Christopher Nolan’s cinematic retelling of Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey.

Next, Damon and Affleck proudly presented their Rip co-stars Teyana Taylor, Steven Yeun, and Catalina Sandino Moreno to the boisterous audience.

The founders of Artists Equity, being distant relatives (10th cousins, to be precise), first crossed paths when they lived as neighbors in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was there that they collaborated on the screenplay for Gus Van Sant’s 1997 drama Good Will Hunting, which ultimately earned them an Oscar.

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Matt displayed his muscular arms in a crisp, white short-sleeve shirt and grey denim pants, whereas Ben donned a sleek black motorcycle jacket paired with blue jeans.

In the upcoming crime drama by Joe Carnahan, premiering on Netflix on January 16th, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon play Miami police officers. As their team uncovers a large sum of money hidden in an abandoned property, tensions within their group start to rise.

In a conversation with Tudum last weekend, Carnahan shared that ‘The Rip’ was born from a profoundly personal ordeal faced by my friend. This ordeal affected him not just as a father, but also in his role as the head of tactical narcotics for the Miami Dade police department.

The work is partly influenced by his life experiences and a lasting affection I have for the 70s cop thrillers that emphasized character development and interpersonal relationships. These movies were iconic during that time, with titles such as Serpico, Prince of the City, and more recently, Heat directed by Michael Mann.

In addition to the main cast, actors such as Sasha Calle, Nestor Carbonell, Lina Esco, Scott Adkins, and Kyle Chandler are set to be featured in The Rip.

Friends from Boston were jointly responsible for the production of director Bill Condon’s reimagining of the West End musical “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” featuring Jennifer Lopez, who was once married to Ben, in the lead role. This adaptation will be premiered in U.S. cinemas on October 10th.

At this moment, Matt is taking a pause in his work on the Universal Pictures “mythic action epic,” which has a budget of $250 million and is set to be released in theaters on July 17, 2026.

In terms of directorial projects, “The Odyssey” will be Damon’s third collaboration with Nolan following the 2023 atomic bomb biopic “Oppenheimer” and the 2014 science fiction masterpiece “Interstellar.

Filming for the IMAX movie has officially started on February 25, and it’s anticipated that scenes will be shot in countries like Italy, Greece, Morocco, Scotland, Ireland, and the UK as well.

Apart from Dylan O’Brien, the main cast of The Odyssey also features Zendaya, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Charlize Theron, Lupita Nyong’o, Robert Pattinson, Jon Bernthal, Benny Safdie, John Leguizamo, Elliot Page, Samantha Morton, Will Yun Lee, and Mia Goth.

Currently, Affleck is diligently working on the Los Angeles set for his sixth directorial project named “Animals”. This film, like his previous works, will be distributed through Netflix upon its release.

In the upcoming hostage thriller, the main action hero from The Accountant is not only playing a significant role but also contributed to its creation by penning the script, assuming directorial responsibilities, and producing the film. Interestingly, he will portray LA Mayoral candidate Milo Bradford in this production.

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2025-06-02 00:18

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