During an interview with the New York Daily News to promote the release of his latest film The Martian, Matt Damon was asked if he could see himself taking on a superhero role. The actor revealing that he believes the opportunity may have passed him by, although he would be tempted to play The Man Without Fear – if he could reunite with his Interstellar director Christopher Nolan.
“For [myself and Ben Affleck], it was always Daredevil. That’s the comic we read when we were kids, but when that one came along I chickened out, because I couldn’t tell. I hadn’t seen the director [Mark Steven Johnson’s] work and I didn’t know. So I just said, ‘No.’ Ben was like, ‘I gotta do it.’ [I don’t] think Ben was ultimately very proud of it. If Chris Nolan came up to me and said, ‘I want to do Daredevil,’ I would be in.”
Of course, with Charlie Cox playing Matt Murdock in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it looks like Damon will never get his opportunity…
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Originally published September 26, 2015. Updated April 14, 2018.
