The Last Duel
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck get mediaeval in the first primed photograph from Ridley Scott’sThe Last Duel . The longtime good ally made a name for themselves when they co - wrote and star together in 1997’sGood Will Hunting , a critically - clap film that go on to snag them an Oscar for their screenplay . Damon and Affleck would go on to share the covert again two years later in Kevin Smith ’s comedyDogma , play a duet of banished angels who discover a loophole that would permit them to re - enrol promised land . Now , the duet are last reuniting - both on and off - blind - for Scott ’s latest historical drama .
shoot onThe Last Duelis currently underway in France , withDamon starring opposite Adam Driveras the 14th hundred knights Jean de Carrouges and Jacques Le Gris , who participate in the last formally sanctioned duel in the res publica after the former accused the latter of despoil his wife ( Killing Eve ’s Jodie Comer).EThas posted the first photos from the moving picture ’s readiness , unveil Damon and Affleck - who ’s playing a support purpose - in medieval getups that include chin hairsbreadth , cloaks , and , in Affleck ’s case , shockingly light-haired hair . you could assure those out below and press the embedded tweet for the full double .
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The Last Duelis based on Eric Jager ’s bookThe Last Duel : A True Story of Trial by Combat in Medieval Franceand was written by Damon , Affleck , and Nicole Holofcener ( Can You Ever Forgive Me ? ) ; as Damon explained toET,“Ben and I wrote the manful view and Nicole wrote the female perspective " . Disney and twentieth Century Studios ( formerly Fox ) will give the film a limited run on Christmas Day before its wide discharge on January 8 , 2021 , allowing it to qualify for consideration at next year ’s Oscars show . The flick has already conjure fear over its approach to its well timed matter topic , so it will be interesting to see howThe Last Duelis have this winter . In the meantime , people online seem to be have got a adept clip jab fun atDamon and Affleck ’s coming into court . ( No doubt , the pair will expect more convincing in the actual film . )
Here ’s what Affleck had to say to ET , regardingThe Last Duel :
I have never done medieval ! It ’s 1386 , so it is like armor and brand and hooey like that . But it was a material pleasure working with Matt and Nicole Holofcener , who compose the script with us . [ Matt and I ] kept articulate , ' Why have we not done this more often ? We just get favorable that our schedules kind of cross so that we had some free time to divvy up . We got Ridley Scott lead it . And Jodie Comer ’s in the film , so that ’s very exciting , and Adam [ Driver ] .
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Source : ET
