Matt Damon And John Krasinski can be acted in If Together, but the two are not imaginary friends.
Damon shed light on what it was like to play a walking, talking flower named “Sunny” in his real friend’s directorial debut during its grand premiere in New York City on Monday.
“Maybe a year before I did the voice, they showed me the picture and they showed me the picture of Emily,” Damon told ET’s Rachel Smith. “He had all the presentations very early on, but he was talking about the movie. Or working on it, it would take four years to produce. I mean, he put a lot of his heart into it. It’s beautiful. It was a pleasure to be able to be a part of it.”
The actor was asked what aspect of his youth he misses most, apart from imaginary friends.
“Hey man, some people,” he replied. “Some people move on, you know what I mean? One way or another and so there’s always a nostalgia when you look back.”
Damon, 53, was joined by his wife Luciana, 47, at the prestigious SVA Theatre. The red carpet event also included Ryan Reynolds, Steve Carell, Maya Rudolph, Christopher Meloni, Awkwafina, Bradley Cooper, Amy Schumer, Kelly Fleming, Fiona Shaw, Alan Kim, and Bobby Moynihan.
“There’s a lot of us there but everyone definitely wants to be a part of it,” Damon said.
Martian The star was in another star-studded affair just last week – 2024 met gala May 6 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He talked about the highlights of the night.
“There were so many,” he revealed. “There were really amazing people there. I met people I didn’t know – Andrew Scott, an actor who played the same character I played 25 years ago, so that was really fun. And he was actually Jude Law. It was a lot of fun, we were all sitting at the same table so that was definitely a highlight.”
And although this wasn’t Damon’s first Met Gala, it was definitely a memorable one.
Damon added, “It was amazing. It was beautiful.” “It was a great performance. It was great, you know, there were a lot of people, there wasn’t any kind of pressure because there were no cameras or anything, so everyone was quite relaxed.”
When it was brought up that Ed Sheeran was posing with almost everyone all night, Damon responded, “He’s always a popular guy. I met him through Chris. He’s great.”
Damon’s new movie, Ifis a whimsical journey into the world of Imaginary Friends (also known as IFS), seen through the eyes of a young girl with a unique gift.
If Will be released in theaters on Friday, May 17.
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