Young Edward Norton and Matt Damon Scrapping it Out for Roles

In the early days it's a lot harder to tell which young actors are going to rise or fall, and it's even harder to tell when you're the one scrapping it out, but luckily for everyone, both Edward Norton and Matt Damon were destined for greatness.
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[@nebulousisgod]

Also Norton was offered the role of Ryan in Saving Private Ryan but turned it down because he was gonna do Fight Club. So Matt Damon took the Ryan role. Weird.

[@KS-xk2so]

Its weird that they are up for the same parts so often, I don't see them as the same "type" at all.

[@Ebell899]

Happens often. Leo was supposed to play patrick bateman but turned it down for the beach. Blew up christian bale.

[@Jared_Wignall]

I believe also Spielberg wanted Damon anyway. There was a point though where Spielberg thought he would be perfect in Saving Private Ryan due to seeing Courage Under Fire where Matt Damon was a skinny heroin addict, yet him being as skinny as he was Spielberg couldn’t cast him. But once the two met and Damon had his weight back, he was able to be cast as Private Ryan.

[@WhiskeySam1]

You could spend a lifetime just watching the movies of the mid-Late 90’s. Such an unbelievably rich time for talent and quality scripts.

[@jasonx4008]

I always say how much i miss 90s movies....

[@stevemike2973]

So many of the movies made after the civil rights movement and on 70's, 80's, 90's up until the internet become huge around 1999, could not be made today, period. Not because of right of left wing politics, just due to the fact that in those days you could make a movie about anything, and nowadays you can't.

[@WhiskeySam1]

@@stevemike2973 left wing politics plays itself out in casting decisions generally, award season, and also the collapse of comedy as a genre. But I think it’s less about politics than the 90’s being a special time: strong scripts, strong directors, great talent, and BEFORE the Internet made piracy so costly to studios. That’s a big reason why we’re bombarded with big budget CGI nonsense now: it’s the only reliable money maker. Studios won’t gamble.

[@seancorrigan7448]

'American History X' was one of the greatest screen performances ever committed to film. He should have won the Oscar that year.

[@Donegal62]

Edward should've gotten an Oscar for "Primal Fear."

[@emmanueludoh77]

Fuck yeah!

[@Mike-hj7gg]

i always for some reason thought that he did win for american history x.. it was a perfect performance,

[@ckmonarez]

Regarding Matt Damon in "The Rainmaker", I loved the deadpan way he delivered the line: "Congratulations, Mr.. Lufkin,, on your miraculous survival of the carnage at Great Benefit". :-)

[@89tilinfinity29]

@@Donegal62 lmao he actually won an oscar for that role

[@deboraheden6418]

I love Edward Norton so much so good he’s back in the limelight

[@tunahelpa5433]

Ed Norton is such a great actor, and always has been. No question, hands down, second in his age group only to PS Hoffman (RIP)

[@roo1322]

after all these years and hearing all the behind stories now is still really fun

[@ladonnastrang8208]

Nice insight. Always look forward to whatever EN does.

[@charod8423]

Matt Damon: doesn’t get Primal Fear, does Good Will Hunting Edward Norton: doesn’t get The Rainmaker, does American History X Hollywood is a funny thing

[@Yungbeck]

Will Smith doesn’t get the Matrix, does Wild Wild West 😂

[@bradenrodriguez5183]

Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you, When you think everything's okay and everything's going right. And life has a funny way of helping you out when You think everything's gone wrong and everything blows up In your face. A traffic jam when you're already late? A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break. It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife. It's meeting the man of my dreams And then meeting his beautiful wife.

[@tommybasham-oo7qf]

@@Yungbeck Great comment, & that movie was a massive corn and peanut laden shit.

[@maryrosekent8223]

Yungbeck The Matrix is one of the few instances where Keanu was the right choice-his near-monotone delivery was perfect for the role of Neo.

[@eltravos99]

@@jon8004 Holy moly who would pass up Tarantino???????? What a terrible choice. I could see passing up the Matrix because it was literally nothing before it came out and then it became something. But Tarantino was a tried and true legendary director by the time casting for Django came out. WHO WOULD PASS THAT UP?

[@viola1750]

Edward Norton talking about Coppola is like every movie fan's reaction to meeting an actor or director. And I find that so human and heart warming

[@j8lech]

He deserves an acting academy award more than anyone else who hasn’t won period.

[@geniosityfilms]

I would say him and Samuel L. Jackson

[@eltravos99]

Francis and Lucas and Spielberg were all about going off and doing something you're real passionate about. Breaking the rules. Making something new. So it's definitely like Francis to suggest he go do something like American History X. And what a great decision. It really shows you how forward thinking Francis is.

[@daedalus_20v]

Yes, all "new school" directors who cut their teeth doing things that were outside the mainstream. We look back now at Godfather as a classic, but at the time a "mobster movie" was 30 years out of style and he had to fight to get Pacino cast. Meanwhile, Star Wars echoed old radio dramas from an even earlier time, and occult horror was in vogue... not a big shark movie. And yet, here we are!

[@sniffableandirresistble]

He was great in America History X ...what a performance

[@jasonx4008]

One of the greatest performances ever.

[@barbarastewart8066]

Waiting for Edward to be an Academy Award winner not only a nominee. It's not only Hollywood, it's pre-destination on their own individual journeys. The unknown is what makes them all great actors in their evolution. Peace

[@Abigail-jd9qc]

Always loved him. Great actor.

[@pibly7784]

Ed is one of my favorite actors.

[@makeyourself1988]

Primal Fear is BRILLIANT!!!

[@makeyourself1988]

Laid-Off Huffington Post Journalist have your head examined

[@betungurawilliam]

Damon was perfect for the role. Will never forget him in the scrappy suit and Danny in court

[@ThePlaceForThings]

wow you really just never know. So cool

[@alvaromorenoespinoza1319]

Thank u

[@alexandermatthewsmusic]

I liked his references to Bob Dylan... I just finished an album "falconer" for my band drop spindle and the day I finished I bought an old second hand Dylan framed poster I found online seemed like a thing for me... I did 4 project albums in about 8 months and every release I was already "onto the next" but no one listened except for my brother who wrote reviews for each one ha...

[@barbarastewart8066]

Matt, Brad and Ed all in their perspectives roles and talent. We have all made choices, good and bad, but still ticking according to what we can all handle. Matt truly finished out Rounders. Whatever happened to Edwardly as I affectionately calls him? He just vanished out of Rounders.

[@saramarshall2957]

American History X is such a great film

[@satevo462]

Wow, he has so many of my anxiety ticks. The finger tapping, the feet shuffling, the overthinking, the eye brow plucking, the uncomfortable posture.. Humanizes him to me in a big way. Primal Fear and American History X are some of my favorite movies. And Rounders. Oh yeah, and Fight Club, duh.

[@chloelovr]

i think it’s adorable

[@1077jeremy]

“Secret link” Lol

[@Anonymous18531]

How gracious of Coppola to tell him to take the other film and not his own!

[@solidsteal]

You should have played those kings, Norton.

[@claytonbigsby7548]

He's super talented. Too bad nobody wants to work with him now. He should just write scripts since he tries to rewrite every movie he does anyway.

[@saz6950]

they both were up for ''the rainmaker''

[@WhatOnYouTube]

he will always the greaTEST hulk to me.

[@geniosityfilms]

Could you imagine how incredible those scenes with Tony Stark would've been. Norton and RDJ would've ignited the screen together.

[@jeffreyroedel9804]

Norton must have had a venti cold brew before this interview.

[@lucamolta]

dang now im thirsty

[@RogersPhotographyGuilford]

IKR I was wondering why he is acting so tweaked

[@whatdidjesusdoify]

"Venti Cold Brew" -- is that what the kids are calling cocaine nowadays? 😉

[@Nazaba09]

Matt Damon was amazing in ‘the talented mr. ripley’ so let’s not pretend he can’t play crazy.

[@DJBFAD]

Follow your gut, trust the universe!

[@fatemehhosseini305]

You just never know.

[@Coco-zu9ob]

The one thing that drives my crazy about Sam Jones's interviews is the set. Why are the chairs positioned so the person has to turn and sit awkwardly (like Ed Norton) or strain their necks... just put them facing each other!! And that completely white background is so creepy like an interrogation room lol.

[@praveenmishra430]

They made the right decision which wouldn't have taken much effort to do so.

[@sdsrfr831]

That was one of the most spaced out interview I’ve ever seen. Did anyone else have extreme difficulty following whatever the fuck Ed was trying to say?

[@jeppefrolund1718]

Yes. I mean he got there in the end, but I can't figure out if he has a neurodegenerative disorder. Honestly, it kind of looks like it did with Michael J Fox back when his parkinsons was starting up. Either that, or Norton is just really amped up and intense all the time. He seemed like he was all over the place verbally, while sitting on his leg and tapping his fingers and looking around.

[@Dougie-ex1ov]

I think Norton is underrated. I dont understand why I dont see him in any movies anymore.

[@dkazmer2]

Trying to imagine Damon as Derek Vinyard ...

[@Kickex]

Daniel Kazmer Could actually picture that pretty easily. Looking like he did in eurotrip haha

[@joemckim1183]

@@Kickex Damon looks a little weird with a shaved head. Norton looks okay with a shaved head but I think that Damon should have a full head of hair when doing a role or he looks weird like he did in Elysium.

[@broke305]

I subscribed to FCC sorry

[@girlygirl14rulez]

I like Matt Damon way more as an actor than Ed Norton lol

[@blairmettam7642]

Black and white means it’s artistic