Matt Damon Says He Gets the Roles Brad Pitt Turns Down
(L-R) Actors Matt Damon and Brad Pitt (R) pose at a photocall to promote their new film 'Ocean's Twelve' - the sequel to 'Ocean's Eleven' - at the Sala della piccola Protomoteca, Campidoglio on December 10, 2004 in Rome, Italy. The photocall is followed by the European premiere this evening in Rome. (Getty Images)more pics »Matt Damon may have been nominated for an Oscar last night, but he still doesn't think he's producers' first choice for a project. The actor insists his success comes from “piggybacking” off his super-successful co-stars, like his Ocean's Eleven bros George Clooney and Brad Pitt.
Damon and Pitt starred together in Ocean's Eleven (Getty)
He said: “I think the roles go to Brad first. Which is fine. Ask anybody on the street which actors starred in the Ocean’s movies, and they’ll tell you it was George and Brad. I’m ‘support’ in Ocean’s. As I was in Saving Private Ryan -- Tom Hanks carried that movie. You could accuse me of piggybacking on other people’s brilliance more than anything.”
The Bourne Identity star also dreams of starring in a comedy, but he believes they're the hardest films to pull off successfully.
He explained: “I’d love to end up in a movie like The Hangover, but I think it’s just really hard to make a good comedy. To sustain a whole movie? That’s really, really tough to do, and that’s why there are so few great comedies. I mean, there are good comedies made every year, but they definitely have not come my way.”
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