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Matt Damon had merely regained his footing in Hollywood again when he decided to star in the 2005 filmThe Brothers Grimm.Starring alongside Heath Ledger and Lena Headey, Damon’s film wasn’t that much of a success but he found something else.
Calling a fellow co-star“the best actor”,Matt Damon was enamored by looking at Heath Ledger’s performance in the 2005 film. Although Damon had very high respect for Ledger, the actor still refused to star in a movie alongside him which went on to earn big!
When Matt Damon And Heath Ledger Shared The Screen
Back in 2002,Matt Damonresuscitated his career by starring in the iconic filmThe Bourne Identity.Portraying the titular assassin on the run, Damon regained his footing in Hollywood after a slump for some time.
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In 2005, Damon decided to star alongside Heath Ledger and Lena Headey in the fantasy filmThe Brothers Grimm.With a fantasy twist to the tale of two brothers faking their way to money, the film wasn’t that much of a success but Damon found Heath Ledger as just the best. In aclip, the actor talked about Ledger and stated that he is the best actor that Damon has ever worked with!
“It was great [working with him]. I’m not being hyperbolic when I say this, but he is the best actor that I have ever worked with. [His death] isn’t something that I will ever get over. He was a really special guy whose light was just too bright for this place”.
Despite calling Heath Ledger the best that he had ever worked with, Matt Damon declined an opportunity to star alongside the actor again when he was given a chance.
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Matt Damon Declined Christopher Nolan’sThe Dark Knight
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Back in 2008, Heath Ledger starred in the iconic role of Joker in Christopher Nolan’sThe Dark Knight.Starring alongside the Joker was Harvey Dent aka Two-Face. The role of Two-Face was initially given to Matt Damon but due to a reason, Damon revealed on theHappy Sad Confusedpodcast why he rejected the role.
“Well, ‘Dark Knight’ was a small role that I was offered…It wasn’t Heath or Christian’s part…There was some other big movie, some big part that I was doing where I was like, ‘Well, I can’t play Harvey Dent, this is a relatively small role.”
If Damon had agreed to the role, he would have gotten the chance to work alongside Heath Ledger once again and see the actor in one of his finest performances. Following the role, Heath Ledger passed away due to a drug overdose and posthumously won an Oscar for his performance as Joker.
Visarg Acharya
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Visarg Acharya is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 3000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past three years and a copywriter at a corporation. Visarg usually covers news and theories on the MCU and the DCU, with an emphasis on Avengers and Superman; Game of Thrones, and more.A Tarantino fan, Visarg, spends his time critiquing various directors’ filmographies and watching them with curiosity. Medieval fantasy like The Lord of the Rings or sci-fi movies like Interstellar, watching the latest horror movies, and listening to Hans Zimmer become his comfort zone. When idle, he can be found reading fantasy novels with a terrible cup of coffee in hand.
