Matt Damon Recounts Jack Nicholson's Creative Improvisation on Set

In this clip, actor Matt Damon shares an anecdote about working with Jack Nicholson. Damon describes how Nicholson approached a specific scene where his character, Costello, executes a man kneeling in the marshes. Nicholson, citing his background in the Roger Corman school of filmmaking, decided to improvise by changing the victim from a man to a woman, believing it would make the scene more impactful. Damon highlights this moment as an example of Nicholson's unique creative process and willingness to deviate from the script to enhance the narrative.

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saraahmadi82NewcomerSep 17, 2026

I never warmed up to Matt Damon, yeah his Bourne series was good but apart from that just never thought much of him. Then I saw the Odyssey. Dude won me over there.

liam.smithNewcomerSep 17, 2026

Movie any good? Never saw it

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oscar100NewcomerSep 17, 2026

I rewrote Good Will Hunting

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ivan_ivanovNewcomerSep 17, 2026

Legends say the camera is still rolling

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ama44NewcomerSep 17, 2026

The fake laugh struggle was thick

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realzofiaNewcomerSep 17, 2026

Hhiheuehe Heiheuheue Hihhehihieh Fckn farts. They automatically make that sound after he says anything.

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finn.schneiderNewcomerSep 17, 2026

this scene is real ?

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santos.markNewcomerSep 17, 2026

I should rewatch the departed....

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realpriyaNewcomerSep 17, 2026

Fucking awesome. Jack does it and get $1M. I create something nearly as sinister, tell the story to my horror movie and murder doc loving wife, and she thinks I'm insane. This bitch loves Rob Zombie, but I'm unhinged. The diffence between being cool and being gay is weather or no

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linh_63xNewcomerSep 17, 2026

yeah remember that scene with the axe and the door in the shining? I'm not sure jack was acting