In this Boston Globe profile, Matt Damon says directing is most likely his next big move. “I’m not in a race to start doing it,” says Damon. “I feel like I’m getting so much experience with great directors. All I’m doing is learning more.”
But is this the sort of behavior we can expect to see from Damon as director?
This video is fake, a promotion for the HBO series Entourage. But from what untapped emotional wells did Damon draw his inspiration? What rage lies just beneath the surface of Hollywood’s Golden Boy? And why does everybody want to direct?
When I first saw this I was very confused as to its authenticity. It makes sense now, having seen the season finale of Entourage, wherein Matt Damon and Vincent Chase do appear in that airplane hanger… but the promo shoot was either cut from the episode or just shot as a fake viral video.