Here are some new photos of Matt Damon last night in NYC for a screening of his new movie, Elysium. That’s the one where he plays some kind of peasant half-robot who breaks into a giant wheel where all of the rich people live. It’s a dystopian sci-fi film, obviously. And for the film, Matt got super-buff. Like, buffer than buff. He kept it tight when he was playing Jason Bourne, but I think Matt wanted Bourne to still be “lean” and have the grace of a cat. But this part in Elysium… his muscles are incredible. The trailer:
See? He’s really big. And Elysium actually looks like a pretty good movie. But mostly I just want to see it for Matt. Matt talked to People Mag about bulking up for the role, and he was charmingly humble about it, of course:
Shaving his head was easy. But getting into super human shape for his role in Elysium was another story for Matt Damon.
“It was really hard because I love to eat and drink!” Damon, 42, told PEOPLE on Tuesday at a special New York screening of the sci fi film hosted by 2(X)IST Watches. “It’s very hard to motivate me to get in shape.”
But when the film’s director Neill Blomkamp showed him pictures of Elyisum’s leading character, Max, a tattoo-covered tough guy who wears an exoskeleton strength suit, “I went okay, this is definitely worth it,” Damon says.
The recent Emmy nominee went on a strict diet and spent four hours a day at the gym for months, pumping iron and doing cardio. As a result, PEOPLE’s 2007 Sexiest Man Alive bulked up with a chiseled set of rock-hard abs and bulging biceps.
So what did Damon’s wife Luciana think of his ripped physique?
“I think she likes the variety,” he says with a laugh. “When I did The Informant, I put on 40 lbs. and I was like, ‘You kind of like this guy too?’ I’m trying to talk her into [liking] that guy because that’s the guy I’m most comfortable being.”
Fortunately for the Oscar winner, who renewed his wedding vows to Luciana in St. Lucia last April, she made a promise to spend the rest of her life with him no matter what.
“I’m at the point in my life where somebody was silly enough to marry me,” Damon says, “and won’t leave me if I put on a few pounds!”
FOUR HOURS A DAY? Damn. I’m surprised Luciana didn’t get pregnant again after all of that. Yeah, I’m sure she “likes the variety.” I’m sure she liked the variety ALL NIGHT LONG. But truly, Chunky Damon is pretty hot too. I don’t mind him at all with a little extra weight – I find that he’s more attractive (to me) when his face is more filled out. He was just unattractive in The Informant because of that horrible mustache, not because of the weight.
PS… I miss Matt’s black frames. These blue-grey frames don’t suit him as much as his old pair.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
Maybe he’s not, but he sure seems like a nice, humble guy. Loved him as Bourne, but I’ve liked a lot of his other movies, too. Loved him as Tom Ripley.
Totally agree. He seems nice, smart, funny and humble. Plus he is very handsome.
i think his age finally starts to show in his face. He was 30 years old when he filmed the Bourne Identity and he looked super super young in that. I think he looks hotter that way..lean!
pictures of him in the bounre identity. he looks so cute!
http://i.imgur.com/5gOUW66.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/6cB12RL.jpg
I liked his thick “Good Will Hunting” hair!
http://www.toutlecine.com/images/film/0007/00074871-will-hunting.html
Matty’s still got it though: 😀
http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/04/10/matt-damon-elysium-exclusive-image/
And he was 29-years-old when he began filming “The Bourne Identity.”
Those Bourne Identity pictures are making me swoon!
Oh my god, I love him so much… Luciana is one lucky b-tch (I’m sure she knows it sighhh).
I preferred the older frames as well. I like him better lean it makes him look younger. I don’t like when his face looks bloated.
I don’t have many Hollywood crushes but this is one I’ve been harboring for years. It’s the smile.. I can’t help it.
I love him-but I’m not attracted to him.
It’s so sweet how he genuinely seems to love his wife and talks about her so much. She must be a great woman. They’re lucky to have each other!
Man, it would be so hot to date a guy that constantly changed his physical appearance. That would be insanely fun.
Also, I love Matt Damon to death.
I’m ok with ‘perpetually hot and fit’.
Actually, I’m not going to lie Anna, I’ve had some not so pg-13 daydreams about CHemboy putting on a few pounds. Think about it! He’d still be tall and have the arms situation still intact, he’d just be exta cuddle-ly. 🙂
I have had the same day-dreams! He put on 1?? pounds of me.
Ha! Even though Miss Jane will surely get a proper spanking for this kind of language later, I must say I prefer her version better. CHarms is cuddly enough – do you not see THOSE ARMS?? They fulfill the humanity’s cuddle quota even if all the kittens and puppies are busy. He does not need a belly or anything else extra. The only soft and squishy about him should be me 🙂
Yup.. Christian Bale’s wife comes to mind, she must have seen all kind of colours between The Machinist, Batman and other shaved head…
Please don’t love him to death, OKitt. Leave a little something for the rest of us.
Matt is like a fine wine…
Someone mentioned Dogma earlier. Is it weird that I would have hit it even when he was dressed as a dorky angel?
Doesnt he go on a murderous rampage? I think that’s more disturbing 🙂
I adore him. He is talented, intelligent and seems like a genuinely nice man.
Matt just keeps getting better with age. People love throwing around the “Best Actor of Our Generation” label, but I really think that Matt deserves it. Adored as he is, he’s still underrated.
And aren’t his eyes pretty? *swoon*
See, and I just like throwing Matt Damon around – in a well padded area, of course.
Oh, the bruises that boy leaves… they are so distinguished.
Something about him screams kinky – Ben affleck, not so much.
He’s one of those guys that just seems to look sexier the older he gets. Never did anything for me when he was younger.
Imagine if a female actress could come out and say she felt most comfortable with 40 more pounds on her body!
I’m sure she liked the variety ALL NIGHT LONG.
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exactly!
hey? wasn’t it around the filming of the ‘Bourne’ films that Lucy ‘happened’ to get knocked up with their kids, hmmm? 😉 😆 😛
So. Freaking. SEXY!!
Here for Sharlto, my sweetie man <3
Lovely man. I love how he talks about his wife. The cynical bitch in me is going – is it all an act? He is a fantastic actor after all. But if so, I hope I never find out. He’s one of the few actors who I really enjoy both on-screen and off.