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Matt Damon could be a four-time Oscar nominee, however for Jimmy Kimmel, after all, his finest position is his shortest. The mock feud between the Air actor and the late-night host has been occurring for the great a part of 20 years, however Kimmel will stick with it for so long as it really works, and, surprisingly, it all the time does.
Speaking to Selection on the LA premiere of Air, Kimmel mentioned his favourite Damon film isn’t the one he was there to assist promote, however Thor. The explanation? “As a result of he was in it for 4 seconds,” the comic quipped.
In Kimmel’s protection, if there’s a scene stealer in all of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it needs to be Damon as a random Asgardian actor taking part in Loki in a low-budget city play. The third Hemsworth brother, Luke, performed Thor. The bit then carried over from Thor: Ragnarok to Thor: Love and Thunder, the place Melissa McCarthy additionally joined in as an Asgardian taking part in Loki and Thor’s sister Hela (initially performed by Cate Blanchet). All of us, and Jimmy Kimmel, have Taika Waititi to thank for this explosive mixture of Hollywood excellency.
Kimmel’s working Matt Damon joke first began in 2003 throughout a less-than-ideal episode of his present. In an effort to make mild of the state of affairs, Kimmel closed the present with “‘I wish to apologize to Matt Damon. We ran out of time.” Kimmel informed NPR Matt Damon was the primary A-lister that popped into his head, and his producer discovered it so hilarious he simply saved the gag going. And the remaining is historical past.
The 2 (precise) good pals have taken their feud to all corners, from the Emmys to the World Collection and, most lately, the Air premiere. Kimmel will definitely leap at each probability to make extra Matt Damon jokes as soon as Air hits theaters April 5, 2023.