Jul 7, 2026 · 1:11:54

Matt Damon on Good Hang with Amy Poehler

with MD Matt Damon

The Hang, in Short

Amy calls Christopher Nolan a scrappy little indie filmmaker on the rise, then gets him on Zoom to gossip about Matt Damon. They bond over tea first, obviously. Then Nolan explains why Matt was the only choice to play Odysseus, all that empathetic leading man stuff, plus the "iconic superhero presence" of a guy who's been The Martian, Jason Bourne, and Will Hunting. Best bit: Nolan describes Matt showing up to his wardrobe fitting with a secret tattoo of his kids' names, sheepishly admitting he thought his "bare bicep days were over." They're not, Chris confirms. Amy also forces Nolan to publicly gush about his wife and producing partner Emma Thomas, who was apparently in the room the whole time. Awkward. Sweet. Very Boston. Matt talks caves, puppets, and reality TV later.

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Hello everyone. Welcome to another
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episode of Good Hang. I'm very, very
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excited about our guest today. It is a
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superstar and that star is Matt Damon.
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Matt Damon is joining us, Boston's own,
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so good at so many things. Such a
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professional and in the peak of his
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career in a huge movie. And we're going
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to talk about a lot of things today.
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We're going to talk about long lasting
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professional relationships um and how
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important they are. We're going to talk
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about hating pranks,
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um, but loving a little bit of reality
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TV. We're going to talk about, um,
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shooting in caves and working with giant
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puppets. Um, and we're going to talk
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about The Odyssey, the the new film that
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is out, the giant new film by
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Christopher Nolan that he is the star
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of. He plays Odysius. He's on the
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journey, babe. Um, but before we uh we
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get to talking to Matt, we are going to
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talk to somebody who knows our guest who
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wants to speak well behind their back

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