Matt Damon ‘Fell Into a Depression’ While Filming a Movie He Knew Was a ‘Losing Effort’: ‘What Have I Done?’

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are known to have one of the longest friendships in Hollywood. The pair are known to be longtime collaborators and friends, working together on several successful projects throughout their careers and being supportive in each other personal lives, with Matt even attending Ben’s wedding with Jennifer Lopez last year.The three friends have a close relationship and it seems Ben and JLo have even helped the actor on his marriage with wife Luciana Barroso, after the pair had said to have experienced some trouble in their 18-year relationship.

Matt Damon's opening up about a kissing scene with Scarlett Johansson in their 2011 film, and there's a perfectly good reason why he described one particular kissing scene as «hell.»Taking part in 's «Agree to Disagree» with Emily Blunt, Damon and his co-star were discussing whether they agree or disagree it's only right to tell someone they have bad breath. They both agreed that they should — however as subtly as possible — before the topic of bad breath in intimate scenes was brought up by a producer. And that's when Damon spilled the tea.

Matt Damon revealed why kissing Scarlett Johansson was "hell" one time while they were filming their 2011 family comedy "We Bought A Zoo." The 52-year-old actor and his "Opppenheimer" co-star Emily Blunt were discussing proper etiquette for shooting kissing scenes with co-stars in a recent video for LADBible.The two strongly agreed that tooth-brushing, using mouthwash and chewing gum was mandatory though Damon noted that he could "forgive some halitosis." During their conversation, the "Good Will Hunting" star recalled a less than pleasant onscreen smooch that he once shared Johansson, 38. "I had to kiss Scarlett Johansson — can you imagine how horrible that was for me?" Damon joked. "Can you imagine how awful that was?" Blunt quipped.

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Matt Damon's 20-year relationship with Luciana Barroso feels so particularly magical.From their too-adorable-to-believe meet cute in a bar in Florida in 2003 to their heartwarming love story that they've managed to keep largely out of the media spotlight, Matt and Luciana have cultivated a romance that has stood the test of time and the challenges of being a celebrity under scrutiny.In celebration of their storybook romance — including a distinctly humble, low-key wedding, four adorable daughters and stunning red carpet date nights — ET is looking back at their relationship, from where it started to where they are now, two decades later.Matt and Luciana's paths first crossed when the actor was filming the comedy in Miami, Florida, in 2003. Matt was at a bar in South Beach after shooting ended for the day, and he noticed Luciana, who was a bartender.

Christopher Nolan‘s smash historic pic.On an “Agree to Disagree” segment for LADBible with Emily Blunt, who also stars in the thinking man’s blockbuster, Damon was asked whether or not you should tell someone when they have bad breath. Blunt and Damon didn’t hesitate to insist that you should always tell someone if their breath smells — which Blunt argued is particularly important while filming “intimate scenes” with co-stars.“There’s an etiquette,” Blunt said.

Matt Damon has revealed the prank that made George Clooney the “maddest I’ve ever seen him”.The actors were on the set of 2004 film Ocean’s Twelve together and stayed at Clooney’s villa in Lake Como, Italy along with Brad Pitt when the prank in question was carried out.In a recent interview with CNN, Damon – whose newest film Oppenheimer came out Friday (July 21) – recalled a days-long prank executed by co-star Pitt which put avid prankster Clooney on the receiving end for once.Damon recalled how Pitt sent out letters as Clooney’s team in Italian to his Italian crew, which said they were not permitted to “look him in the eye at any time” and that they could not to refer to him as George, but only “Mr Clooney or Mr Ocean”.The actor added that Clooney was usually the “life of the set”, but eventually noticed that something was off.“He came home, and that’s the maddest I’ve ever seen him, because Brad got him,” he said.Damon added that Pitt “sat there and he just said, ‘Just leave everybody else around me out of it, just come just for me”.‘Leave other civilians out of it,” joked Damon in the interview.Pitt recently named his Burn After Reading co-star as one of his picks for “the most handsome men in the world”, joking: “I’ve got to name that George Clooney fucker, because why not?”Elsewhere, back in 2017, Clooney heaped praise on Damon by calling him “the greatest actor I’ve ever worked with”.“In fact, I don’t know a better actor I’ve seen in my life. I’m trying to think if there’s a better actor.

Onions make everyone’s breath smell terrible, even Scarlett Johansson’s.

Matt Damon described a scene where he had to kiss Scarlett Johansson as “hell,” and he shared the funny story about why it went so poorly.

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Matt Damon has recalled having to kiss Scarlett Johansson for a scene after she ate an onion sandwich.The pair starred together in the 2011 film We Bought A Zoo, and Damon made the revelation in a new interview.He and his Oppenheimer co-star Emily Blunt were playing a game during a video interview with LadBible where they had to agree or disagree with posed statements.After receiving the statement: “You should tell someone if they have bad breath,” Damon told the story of having to kiss Johansson on set after she ate an onion sandwich for lunch, joking that it was “hell” and adding: “Can you image how horrible that was for me?”He added: “We went to lunch and she and I both thought it was over. She ate an onion sandwich for lunch and she came in and Cameron Crowe had set the camera up and it was a tight shot of the kiss, and she goes, ‘Oh shit, I literally just had an onion sandwich!’.”Elsewhere, Damon has revealed that he was planning to take a break from acting when he got a call from Christopher Nolan for Oppenheimer.Speaking to Entertainment Weekly as part of EW‘s Around The Table interview with the rest of the Oppenheimer cast, Damon revealed that he had negotiated with his wife to take a break from acting unless Nolan called him up for a role.“This is going to sound made up, but it’s actually true,” Damon said to his cast mates.

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after a lengthy career and countless nights away from home, the 52-year-old promised to take a break from acting. However, there was one condition —  if director Christopher Nolan were to call, Damon had a “get out of jail” free card.“This is going to sound made up, but it’s actually true,” the star told Entertainment Weekly. “I had — not to get too personal — negotiated extensively with my wife that I was taking time off.

Matt Damon vowed to his wife that he would take some time off from Hollywood with only one stipulation – if he got an offer from Christoper Nolan, he would take it. The 52-year-old actor admitted that after the promise was made to Luciana Barroso, he received a call from the esteemed director with an opportunity to join the cast of the widely anticipated "Oppenheimer," which, true to his word, he accepted. "This is going to sound made up, but it’s actually true," Damon began.

Matt Damon had one caveat when it came to planning to take a break from acting.

Matt Damon has revealed that he was planning to take a break from acting when he got a call from Christopher Nolan for Oppenheimer.Speaking to Entertainment Weekly as part of EW‘s Around The Table interview with the rest of the Oppenheimer cast, Damon revealed that he had negotiated with his wife to take a break from acting unless Nolan called him up for a role.“This is going to sound made up, but it’s actually true,” Damon said to his cast mates. “I had — not to get too personal — negotiated extensively with my wife that I was taking time off.

Matt Damon negotiated with his wife during a couples therapy session that he was taking a break from working unless Christopher Nolan called. Nolan would then call Damon about being part of the Oppenheimer cast.

were a great team, the Oppenheimer actor just shared a story about his wife that will change your mind.During a recent interview with Jake Hamilton, the revealed the simple, yet life-changing advice he received from his wife after falling into a “depression” over a project that wasn't turning out the way he'd hoped. "I think, without naming any particular movies, that sometimes you find yourself in a movie that you know perhaps might not be what you had hoped it would be, and you're still making it," Damon said, per . "Halfway through production and you’ve still got months to go, and you’ve taken your family somewhere, and you’ve inconvenienced them. And I remember my wife pulling me up because I fell into a depression about, like, what have I done?”But didn't let the Good Will Hunting writer and star spiral.

Matt Damon opened up about how his wife Luciana Barroso helped him when he "fell into a depression" on the set of a movie. During an interview on "Jake's Takes," the 52-year-old actor was asked about the best professional advice that he had ever received from a significant other.

Matt Damon has led a number of movies that have topped the box office and even garnered him accolades, including one Oscar win for co-writing and several other Academy Award nominations for acting, he admitted there has been a time where he found himself in a «losing effort,» causing him to fall into a depression while on set. «I think, without naming any particular movies, that sometimes you find yourself in a movie that perhaps might not be what you had hoped it would be and you're still making it,» Damon told Jake Hamilton, host of the YouTube interview series, while promoting his latest role in «I remember halfway through production — and you've still got months to go and you've taken your family somewhere, you know, and you've inconvenienced them — and I remember my wife pulling me up because I fell into a depression about, like, 'What have I done?'» Damon recalled, referring to Luciana Barroso. «And she just said, 'We're here now,'» he revealed.  «I do pride myself, in a large part because of her, at being a professional actor.