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06/26/2008
Matt Damon Really Getting into This Role
2007's Sexiest Man Alive on the set of his movie The Informant in Hawaii.
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So he's starring in a movie about Philip Seymour Hoffman?
Posted by: crispy | Jun 26, 2008 1:49:29 PM
Well, if guys can lose weight for a part...But holy cow, not how I picture him in my sleep. I will have to wash this photo out of my mind by watching The Talented Mr Ripley again.
Posted by: davefromtampa | Jun 26, 2008 1:49:50 PM
Helooo Daddy
Posted by: kitchenbeard | Jun 26, 2008 2:03:01 PM
Oh, Dear Lord, please tell me that is just very elaborate makeup.
Posted by: peterparker | Jun 26, 2008 2:03:17 PM
He's never really done much for me, but there certainly isn't anything wrong with a little more to love.
Posted by: JR | Jun 26, 2008 2:07:14 PM
Speaking from the middle of my 40s, I would like to say that I would be very happy to have Mr. Damon's current body as opposed to the eerie facsimile of my father's body that is now appearing in my mirror every day. I think he looks GREAT.
Posted by: Joe | Jun 26, 2008 2:07:50 PM
Big deal. This is what real actors do - get pudgy for a role (see also: Jared Leto, Vin Diesel), or lose weight for a role (see: Christian Bale, Colin Ferrell).
I'm sure he'll be back to his gorgeous self by the time he'll be doing the promotional tour for the movie.
Posted by: Seany D | Jun 26, 2008 2:13:34 PM
Let's just hope he doesn't turn into Shelly Winters (may she rest in peace). Poor Shel never lost the weight she put on for Poseidon Adventure.
Posted by: GayListDaily.com | Jun 26, 2008 2:18:31 PM
Exactly how many pounds did he put on? Ouch. {{sob}}
Posted by: David | Jun 26, 2008 2:23:00 PM
Crispy, Joe:
ROFLMAO! Thank you...
Posted by: silverskreen | Jun 26, 2008 2:27:58 PM
I think he still looks sexy! He can put his banana in my Nutella any day.
Posted by: Nutella | Jun 26, 2008 2:44:53 PM
I think he looks far sexier in this guise than in any of his other looks.
Posted by: Frank L | Jun 26, 2008 2:48:15 PM
Let's push more people to eating disorders! YAY!!!!!
Posted by: Harrison | Jun 26, 2008 2:49:32 PM
A. If you have to gain or lose weight for an acting role, then you're probably not right for that role.
B. Sir Laurence Olivier: "Dear boy, it's called acting." (upon seeing Dustin Hoffman's "method" acting by not sleeping and making a mess of himself to get into character while shooting Marathon Man.)
C. To put it simply: Jared Leto - "Chapter 27" - Total worldwide gross: $56,000
Posted by: Don | Jun 26, 2008 2:51:13 PM
CRISPY:
"So he's starring in a movie about Philip Seymour Hoffman?"
No crispy, he SWALLOWED Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Posted by: mygrain | Jun 26, 2008 2:55:00 PM
ACK!!!! i did NOT need to see that! YUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: virgoboy | Jun 26, 2008 3:15:18 PM
Looking foxier than ever, Mr. Damon!
While the rest of you queens run screaming from the sight of 20 extra pounds, I'll be moving in for the kill.
Posted by: Graham | Jun 26, 2008 3:43:57 PM
No judgement here. He just looks like Sean Astin is all I was gonna say...
Posted by: Jay | Jun 26, 2008 4:06:22 PM
As an eternally pale boy myself, I'm just happy to know that Matt's skin can also blow out a photographer's white levels. And as I once heard a Vermont farmer say about Don Johnson, who was filming in the area, "It's all paint and powda in the movies." Still wouldn't mind f**king Matt Damon, however.
Posted by: Ernie | Jun 26, 2008 4:18:15 PM
Whatever. All the anorexic people move to the back of the line. He's still sexy.
Posted by: Robbie | Jun 26, 2008 4:43:39 PM
He's still adorable, but that 'stache has GOT to go!
Posted by: seattle mike | Jun 26, 2008 4:45:45 PM
He looks great with some meat on his bones, as he ages he looks better and better! Most non-movie star folk in suburbia end up looking like this and I'll take it over the gym bunnies any day. And it's about time someone cute grew a mustache! Facial hair RULES.
Posted by: marty | Jun 26, 2008 4:54:56 PM
Love it! What's wrong with a few pounds? He looks great! At least he doesn't look like an anorexic, cocaine driven bar poser.
Posted by: John | Jun 26, 2008 5:03:52 PM
He appeared at the Spike TV "Guys Choice" awards a couple of weeks ago and was back to his normal weight and sans mustache.
Posted by: Dick | Jun 26, 2008 5:15:49 PM
Yikes! He should sue his agent for malpractice. That's not meat, that's tallow.
Posted by: anon | Jun 26, 2008 5:48:24 PM
Actually doesn't look bad at all to me except for the really bad fake chest hair. Looks like they swept up some shaved pubes and glued them on his chest.
Posted by: sue flay | Jun 26, 2008 5:54:09 PM
well - for once in my life i can say that i am a spitting image of a famous movie star!! ;)
Posted by: Dan | Jun 26, 2008 6:03:44 PM
well - for once in my life i can say that i am a spitting image of a famous movie star!! ;)
Posted by: Dan | Jun 26, 2008 6:04:44 PM
you can tell that the weight was intentionally put on. the rest of his lower torso doesnt fit with the frame of his shoulders so it's obvious that he's usual form is smaller.
i hope he's lost the weigth though. i kinda like him :-)
Posted by: lorin | Jun 26, 2008 6:10:51 PM
Some wants an Oscar.
Think Charlize Theron and Robert DeNiro.
Packing on pounds (and a whole lot of makeup) makes the Academy drool.
Posted by: Marco | Jun 26, 2008 6:35:56 PM
perfect. looks better like this then when he is skinny
Posted by: . | Jun 26, 2008 7:48:49 PM
I think Lorin forgot to add Liz Taylor in "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf" That's the Oscar she felt she really deserved. She put on 60 lbs and was never able to lose it all again.
Posted by: Dick | Jun 26, 2008 8:13:59 PM
Adding pounds and losing pounds for roles wreaks havoc on the body. Plus, once you get chubbed up, you're body leans towards it. Not such a great idea.
Posted by: Tonic | Jun 27, 2008 10:17:40 AM
I'm actually kinda torn.
As a bear, I'd totally hit that.
As a Hollywood addict, I'm a little put off, because, well, come on, it's MATT EFFING DAMON!
Posted by: Jerry | Jun 28, 2008 1:20:46 PM
No one's getting a bigger laugh outta all this than Matt himself. If you've ever seen him interviewed, he is very self-effacing and, relatively speaking, his ego seems firmly intact.
He's also smokin' hot - no matter how much extra weight he's put on.
Posted by: Todd's Rules | Jun 29, 2008 7:51:26 PM