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Happy Sad Confused

Matt Damon, Zoe Lister-Jones (Vol. II)

Happy Sad Confused

Josh Horowitz

Tv & Film

4.51.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

For nearly three decades Matt Damon has been seemingly working his way through the great directors of our times so it's natural he'd end up working with a talent like Tom McCarthy (SPOTLIGHT). Matt joins Josh on the podcast for the first time(!) to chat about his new film, STILLWATER, saying no to films like AVATAR and THE DARK KNIGHT, and much more! Plus, stay tuned till the end of the podcast for a catch up with actor/filmmaker Zoe Lister-Jones on her new end of the world comedy (you read that right), HOW IT ENDS. Don't forget to check out the Happy Sad Confused patreon here! We've got exclusive episodes of GAME NIGHT, video versions of the podcast, and more! For all of your media headlines remember to subscribe to The Wakeup newsletter here! And listen to THE WAKEUP podcast here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Prepare your ears, humans. Happy, sad, confused, begins now.

0:09.0

Today on Happy, Sad Confused, Matt Damon, on the roles he took, the roles he turned down, and his new film, Stillwater.

0:18.0

Plus, a conversation with Zoe whisper Jones.

0:21.0

Hey guys, I'm Josh Harrow. It's welcome to another edition of Happy, Sad, Confused.

0:26.0

Yep, a lot of bang for your buck. And when I say buck, I mean no bucks, the podcast is free.

0:33.0

A lot of show though for you guys today. We have two great conversations.

0:37.0

A little bit later on, I'm going to be catching up with Zoe Lister Jones,

0:41.0

previous guest on Happy, Sad Confused. Her great new film is How It Ends.

0:44.0

We'll get to that in a bit. That's coming up after my conversation with Matt Damon.

0:50.0

But just so you know, if you're Zoe Lister Jones fan, want to hear about her new pandemic era apocalyptic comedy How It Ends that features an amazing cast,

1:00.0

stick around that comes after the Matt Damon conversation.

1:04.0

Okay, let's talk a little Matt Damon. Matt Damon, surprisingly, has never done Happy, Sad Confused.

1:09.0

That's bonkers. I don't know how that happened, but we found I think the right project to talk about,

1:14.0

and hopefully we'll have them back, and it won't take seven more years to get them back.

1:18.0

The new film is still water, great new film written and directed by the great Tom McCarthy.

1:24.0

Tom McCarthy, if you don't know, has a fascinating filmography from everything from the state,

1:29.0

the station agent, which of course had Peter Dinklage way back when the visitor with Richard Jenkins,

1:37.0

he won the Best Picture Academy Award for Spotlight, an amazing, an amazing filmmaker,

1:44.0

a great actor by the way, too. And this new film is kind of, as I say in the conversation with Matt,

1:49.0

an interesting blend of things he's done. It is a character study in many ways.

1:54.0

Matt plays a kind of a rough neck from Oklahoma who, you know, without revealing too much,

2:01.0

basically finds himself in Marseille trying to help his daughter who has been accused of a crime.

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