Matt Damon and spouse Luciana Barroso’s Golden Globes date night time was once interrupted via Ben Affleck’s past due arrival on the rite.
The couple was once seated in The Beverly Hilton Ballroom in Los Angeles on Sunday, January 7, when Affleck, 51, sat down subsequent to his longtime pal. In keeping with a video of the instant, each Damon, 53, and Barroso, 47, began giggling upon seeing Affleck.
Damon clapped his collaborator at the again prior to wrapping his hands round Affleck’s shoulders, retaining him in a protracted include.
Damon is up for Easiest Actor in a Musical or Comedy for his function in Air, which he starred in along Affleck. The movie, which was once directed via Affleck, was once additionally nominated for Easiest Image within the Musical and Comedy class.
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Damon is up for easiest actor in a musical or comedy for his function in Air, which he starred in along longtime pal Ben Affleck. The movie, which was once directed via Affleck, was once additionally nominated for easiest image within the musical and comedy class.
Barroso continuously helps her husband and Affleck of their skilled endeavors. She additionally attended the March 2023 premiere for Air and made it a circle of relatives affair as she and Damon walked the purple carpet in Los Angeles with 3 in their 4 daughters: Alexia, 25, Isabella, 17 and Stella, 13. Gia, 14, didn't attend the development.
Whilst Damon is nominated for Air, any other challenge he labored on ultimate yr may be making the rounds right through awards season. Damon had a supporting function in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, which earned a complete of 8 nominations, together with Easiest Movement Image (Drama), Easiest Screenplay, Easiest Director and extra.
Whilst Damon wasn’t nominated for his portrayal of Common Leslie “Dick” Groves, his costars Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr. are up for Easiest Actress, Easiest Actor and Easiest Supporting Actor, respectively.
Earlier than signing directly to the biopic, Damon was once in the middle of a temporary spoil from performing. Throughout his hiatus, the actor approached his spouse with one exception when it got here to taking a role: if Nolan, 53, referred to as him for a challenge.
“I had — not to get too personal — negotiated extensively with my wife that I was taking time off,” Damon recalled to Leisure Weekly in July 2023. “I had been in Interstellar, and then Chris put me on ice for a couple of movies, so I wasn’t in the rotation, but I actually negotiated in couples therapy — this is a true story — the one caveat to my taking time off was if Chris Nolan called. This is without knowing whether or not he was working on anything because he never tells you. He just calls you out of the blue. And so, it was a moment in my household.”
Damon and Barroso tied the knot in 2005 after two years of courting. They first crossed paths in 2003 whilst Barroso was once running as a bartender in Miami. Whilst filming within the house, Damon came upon the bar. Whilst he was once within the watering hollow, the Oscar winner was once known via enthusiasts and Barroso concealed him at the back of the bar when the group were given competitive. On the other hand, Barrasco didn’t waste time making him earn his stay.
“So I put him to work with me! I said, ‘You know, if you’re going to be back here, you can’t just be standing there!’ He had trained as a bartender for a film years before, so he started making drinks,” Barroso mirrored to Fashion in 2018. “And he made me a ton of money in tips that night because of course everyone wanted to go and see him. It turned into a really fun night and then 15 years later here we are!”