Matt Damon speaks out on the appeal of superhero movies

Matt Damon thinks studios focused on making more superhero films to ‘replace lost revenue’ after the rise of streaming services: ‘It made the most profitable movie’

Matt Damon is ‘sad’ about Hollywood’s reliance on superhero movies.

The 50-year-old actor believes the genre has risen as studios have turned to streaming services and fears that the film industry will never be the same once the coronavirus pandemic subsides.

Matt told The Sunday Times newspaper’s Culture magazine: ‘DVD sales fell off a cliff when everything went to streaming. To replace lost revenue, studios concentrated on the international box office, rather than local markets a writer could add nuance to.

The latest: Matt Damon is 'sad' about Hollywood's reliance on superhero movies; pictured July 8 at the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France

The latest: Matt Damon is ‘sad’ about Hollywood’s reliance on superhero movies; pictured July 8 at the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France

‘It made the most profitable movie, one that could travel around the world. You want the least cultural confusion.’

‘So there is the rise of the superhero. You know who the good person is, who the bad person is. They fight three times and the good person wins twice.’

The Bourne Identity star – who shares daughters Isabella, 15, Gia, 12, and Stella, 10, with his wife Luciana Barroso, and is also stepfather to Luciana’s 22-year-old daughter Alexia – is also frustrated by the lack of attention the younger generation pays to movies.

Matt said: ‘The way they (children) watch is different to how we did.

Speaking out: Matt told The Sunday Times newspaper's Culture magazine: 'DVD sales fell off a cliff when everything went to streaming. To replace lost revenue, studios concentrated on the international box office, rather than local markets a writer could add nuance to

Speaking out: Matt told The Sunday Times newspaper’s Culture magazine: ‘DVD sales fell off a cliff when everything went to streaming. To replace lost revenue, studios concentrated on the international box office, rather than local markets a writer could add nuance to

‘How can you watch a movie if you are texting? Movies as we know them aren’t going to be a thing in our kids’ lives. That makes me sad.’

Meanwhile, Matt has admitted that he tries to land a role in every film directed by Steven Soderbergh.

The star has worked with the filmmaker on the likes of the Ocean’s Trilogy, 2009 crime comedy The Informant and 2013 drama Behind the Candelabra and has even landed a cameo role in his new movie No Sudden Move.

He said: ‘I try to do every movie that Steven does, I have to try to play at least some part in it. I think we’re up to 10 now.

‘He called me when I was doing The Last Duel and just said he had another actor for that part, but because the movie moved and it pushed because of Covid and everything, it opened up.’ 

Family: The Bourne Identity star ¿ who shares daughters Isabella, 15, Gia, 12, and Stella, 10, with his wife Luciana Barroso, and is also stepfather to Luciana's 22-year-old daughter Alexia ¿ is also frustrated by the lack of attention the younger generation pays to movies; seen September 9, 2019 at the Toronto International Film Festival

Family: The Bourne Identity star – who shares daughters Isabella, 15, Gia, 12, and Stella, 10, with his wife Luciana Barroso, and is also stepfather to Luciana’s 22-year-old daughter Alexia – is also frustrated by the lack of attention the younger generation pays to movies; seen September 9, 2019 at the Toronto International Film Festival

During the interview with The Sunday Times, Matt also said that he only stopped using the gay slur f****t a few months ago.

 The actor admitted that his daughter wrote him a long essay detailing how the word is ‘dangerous’ and homophobic after Damon said it at the dinner table as a ‘joke’.

‘The word that my daughter calls the ‘f-slur for a homosexual’ was commonly used when I was a kid, with a different application,’ he told The Sunday Times.  

‘I made a joke, months ago, and got a treatise from my daughter. She left the table. I said, “Come on, that’s a joke! I say it in the movie Stuck on You!”

‘She went to her room and wrote a very long, beautiful treatise on how that word is dangerous. I said, “I retire the f-slur!” I understood.’

His comments have sparked a huge backlash, with social media users questioning why it has taken him until only recently to stop using the homophobic slur, while others suggested Damon could have ‘canceled himself’.

source: dailymail.co.uk