Matt Damon Prepared For His 'Oppenheimer' Role By Talking to Ben Affleck's Marine Grandfather
justjared.comBen Affleck had a little involvement in helping Matt Damon prepare for his role in Oppenheimer - through his grandfather. Matt, 52, revealed that he turned to Ben‘s grandfather, who was a Marine, in order to prep for his role as General Leslie Groves, Jr., in the Christopher Nolan film. Keep reading to find out more… During his appearance on CNN’s “Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace?,” Matt shared that he spoke with Ben’s grandad about Hiroshima and the atomic bomb. “I remember talking to Ben Affleck’s grandfather who was a Marine.
And he said, ‘When we heard about the bomb dropped, we cheered,’” he recalled the elder telling him. “50 years later, he’s telling you this and he goes, ‘I live with the fact that I cheered, because but this is what they were telling us, you know, that they were going to fight to the last man.’” Matt was then asked what he would have done in that situation if he had been there. “I probably would have had a head of gray hair.
It’s like, those presidents, their hair goes white. It’s funny because when you look at it, you think there’s really only one choice to make, and yet you’ve looked at the people who made that choice,” he says. Matt added, “I mean, I don’t think Groves for instance, ever lost a night of sleep about it.
He fulfilled his mission. But Oppenheimer and a lot of the other scientists…once they went through the test, they started going, ‘Oh my god,’ and it was like it was like a shockwave going through them.” Oppenheimer is out in theaters now.
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