{"id":1976960,"date":"2023-07-19T02:53:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T06:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/matt-damon-promised-wife-hed-take-acting-break-unless-nolan-called-then-he-did\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T02:54:49","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T06:54:49","slug":"matt-damon-promised-wife-hed-take-acting-break-unless-nolan-called-then-he-did","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/matt-damon-promised-wife-hed-take-acting-break-unless-nolan-called-then-he-did\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Damon vowed to take a break from acting, unless he received a call from Christopher Nolan. And he did."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmatt-damon-promised-wife-hed-take-acting-break-unless-nolan-called-then-he-did%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1976960&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Academy Award-winning actor\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/matt-damon\"><span\u200d style=\"font-weight: \u200b400\">Matt Damon<\/span><\/a> said\u2064 he \u2064promised\u2063 his\u200d wife he\u2019d take \u200da break from \u200cacting\u200b on one \u2064condition:\u2063 he\u2019d \u2063have\u2063 to reconsider if\u2062 legendary \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/entertainment\"><span\u200d style=\"font-weight: \u200d400\">filmmaker<\/span><\/a> \u2062Christopher \u2062Nolan offered him \u2062a \u200dpart.<\/h2>\n<p>\u200c <\/p>\n<p><span\u2064 style=\"font-weight: 400\">The 52-year-old father \u2062of four\u2063 stars\u2063 in Nolan\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/matt-damon-promised-wife-hed-take-acting-break-unless-nolan-called-then-he-did\/\" title=\"Matt Damon vowed to take a break from acting, unless he received a call from Christopher Nolan. And he did.\">highly\u200b anticipated historical\u2064 drama<\/a>, \u200d\u201c<a\u2064 href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/movies\"><span style=\"font-weight:\u2063 400\">Oppenheimer<\/span><\/a>,\u201d \u200bwhich\u2063 debuts July 21. \u200bDuring an \u2063<a\u200b href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/movies\/oppenheimer-matt-damon-time-off-caveat-christopher-nolan-cillian-murphy\/?utm_campaign=entertainmentweekly_entertainmentweekly&#038;utm_content=new&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=twitter.com&#038;utm_term=64b598d6a756b90001e2e609\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">interview<\/span><\/a> \u200dwith\u2063 Entertainment Weekly, he \u2064explained\u200b that he didn\u2019t technically \u2063break his\u2064 promise when\u200c he \u2062accepted\u200c the \u200drole.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> \u200b<\/p>\n<p><span\u200c style=\"font-weight:\u2064 400\">\u201cThis is going\u2063 to \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/not-all-sugars-are-bad-these-are-good-for-you\/\" title=\"Not All Sugars Are Bad: These Are Good for You\">sound made<\/a> \u200dup, but\u2063 it\u2019s actually true,\u201d \u200dDamon\u2064 told\u200c the\u200b outlet. \u201cI \u200bhad\u2064 \u2014 \u200bnot \u2063to get too \u200cpersonal \u2063\u2014\u200c negotiated \u200cextensively \u2064with \u2064my wife \u2063that I was \u2063taking time off. \u200cI \u200chad been in \u2018Interstellar\u2019 \u200band\u200d then Chris \u2062put \u2064me on ice\u2064 for\u2063 a \u200ccouple\u2063 of movies, \u200cso \u200dI wasn\u2019t\u2062 in the \u200crotation, but\u2062 I\u200b actually \u2062negotiated\u200c in couples\u200b therapy \u00ad\u2014\u2062 this \u2063is a true\u2064 story \u2062\u2014 the\u2062 one\u2063 caveat to my taking time \u200coff\u200b was if Chris\u200b Nolan called.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span \u2064style=\"font-weight: \u200b400\">\u201cThis\u2062 is \u2063without \u2064knowing whether \u2062or not \u2064he \u2064was \u2063working\u200c on\u2062 anything,\u200b because\u200d he never \u2064tells \u200dyou. He\u200c just\u200c calls you\u200c out of the blue. And\u2064 so, it\u2063 was \u200da moment in\u200d my household,\u201d the \u200cactor \u2062said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u2062 <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nolan offered\u200c Damon the \u200bpart of Leslie Groves, \u2063director\u2062 of The\u2063 Manhattan Project, \u2062opposite Cillian Murphy playing the \u2062titular \u2062star. \u2062Murphy\u200d said\u2062 he\u2063 was \u200cequally surprised\u2064 to\u2063 be\u2063 offered \u2062the \u200copportunity. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span\u2064 style=\"font-weight: \u200d400\">\u201cHe\u2019s so \u200dunderstated\u2063 and self-deprecating\u200d and, \u2062in his\u200c very English \u2063manner,\u2063 just said, \u2018Listen, \u2062I\u2019ve written\u200c this\u200d script, \u200bit\u2019s about \u200cOppenheimer. I\u2019d\u2063 like you\u200d to \u200cbe my\u200c Oppenheimer,\u2019\u201d \u200dMurphy told the \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/oppenheimer-cillian-murphy-christopher-nolan-9b162a6d378d2e27fd718aa4f4d57a1a\"><span \u2062style=\"font-weight:\u200d 400\">Associated \u200bPress<\/span><\/a> \u2064during \u200dan\u2064 interview in May. \u2064\u201cIt \u200bwas a\u200d great day\u2026 We have this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-vax-mandate-for-federal-contractors-halted-by-appeals-court\/\" title=\"Biden Vax Mandate for Federal Contractors Halted by Appeals Court\">long-standing understanding<\/a> \u2064and trust \u200band shorthand\u200b and respect. \u2062It\u200b felt\u2064 like \u2063the right time to take \u200con \u2062a bigger \u2063responsibility. And\u200b it just \u2063so happened that\u200d it was a \u200bhuge \u2062one.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Damon <a\u2064 href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/movies\/who-is-luciana-barroso-matt-damon-wife\/\">married<\/a> longtime \u200dgirlfriend, Argentine-born\u200b Luciana \u200dBoz\u00e1n Barroso, \u200cin December\u2062 2005. She \u2062is\u200d not \u2062part\u2062 of the entertainment industry\u2063 and has\u200c no social media\u2062 presence. The\u2062 couple met \u2063while Damon \u200cwas\u2062 filming \u201cStuck\u200d On \u200cYou\u201d \u2064in Miami, where \u2064Barroso worked as\u200d a\u2062 bartender. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: \u200c400\">They\u2063 have \u200bfour daughters together. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Academy Award winner Matt Damon vowed to pause his acting career, except if renowned director Christopher Nolan approached him. Damon, a 52-year-old father of four, will feature in Nolan&#8217;s eagerly awaited historical film &#8220;Oppenheimer,&#8221; premiering on July 21. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, he revealed his exception to the hiatus promise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":1976961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1976960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1976960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1976961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1976960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1976960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1976960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}