Matt Damon Craft Review

In the bit, Matt Damon and Ellen joke about how he’s always “crafting” — specifically, that he’s so slow at finishing home improvement projects that he turns small tasks into long, elaborate crafts (cutting wood, making birdhouses, etc.). The humor comes from the contrast between his rugged action-star image and this gentle, meticulous hobbyist vibe.

Perhaps the most underrated aspect of Damon’s craft is his ability to hide darkness behind a benign face. In The Talented Mr. Ripley , he utilized his boy-next-door charm to mask a sociopathic killer. In The Departed , he inverted his usual persona to play a rat—a cowardly, selfish foil to Leonardo DiCaprio’s tortured hero. matt damon craft