Matt Damon and Ben Affleck have a notable Hollywood bromance that’s the stuff of legends. Their careers skyrocketed after writing Good Will Looking, and the buddies proceed to reunite for upcoming 2026 film releases, corresponding to new Netflix thriller The Rip and the epic adaptation The Odyssey. Their budding camaraderie was proven by way of when Affleck joked about being the one with “superior” facial hair after Damon talked concerning the beard-related be aware he obtained for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey.
Earlier than we see Ben Affleck and Matt Damon be part of the forged of Christopher Nolan’s upcoming Odyssey film, they’ll be able to face off within the Netflix crime thriller The Rip. Whereas the 2 play Miami cops going through stress after discovering tens of millions in money, their off-screen playful banter facilities across the facial scruff they grew for the upcoming Netflix film.
Of their interview with GQ, The Bourne Id actor obtained actual about how his Rip beard ended up being helpful for taking part in Odysseus in The Odyssey, and you may’t blame Christopher Nolan for this:
[My Rip beard] as a stage alongside the best way to get to The Odyssey. As soon as [Christopher Nolan] gave me the half and I met with him, he stated, ‘Simply continue to grow your beard.’ I stated, ‘Actually, you do not need to attempt to hand-lay a beard, just like the Italian fashion?’ and he’s like ‘No, no, no, it is all obtained to be actual for me, so simply continue to grow it.’
Contemplating Homer’s epic poem takes place between 1600 and 1200 B.C, it is sensible to let Matt Damon’s beard proceed to develop. In spite of everything, the traditional world didn’t have barbershops or five-blade razors. So, Nolan’s imaginative and prescient for Odysseus to have an unkempt, rugged look would add historic fact to the position.
Matt Damon wasn’t the one one donning a beard in The Rip. His budding co-star was additionally sporting some deep facial hair to painting the Miami narcotics officer. So naturally, Affleck needed to “rip” into his buddy’s Rip beard, and why am I not stunned? As he put it:
Matt has in all probability been forward of me in lots of regards all through our profession. Nonetheless, I feel I’m unquestionably the superior beard. So to talk.
When did the Netflix crime thriller flip into the battle of the beards? I discover it hilarious that these two males are letting their scruff do the speaking as an excuse for some pleasant competitors.
However, it’s not the primary time the Gone Woman actor has roasted his pal on his hilariously lengthy Odyssey beard, joking to him that he thought Damon was going to chop it earlier than this yr’s Netflix Tudum. However Affleck nonetheless had no disgrace being seen together with his Air co-star and his spouse all eating at a steakhouse collectively. Hey, it’s clear the Oppenheimer actor is digging the beard and isn’t afraid to indicate it off.
I like that irrespective of how severe Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s upcoming initiatives are, they nonetheless desire to deal with the humor of who has probably the most “superior” beard. In the event that they’re going to play robust guys on-screen, it’s simply not full with out the last word facial hair face-off. You may see the duo in The Rip, hitting your Netflix subscription on January sixteenth, and The Odyssey in theaters on July seventeenth.