--- title: Matt Damon Talks Jason Bourne in Featurette for New Film description: Matt Damon discusses how he feels about Jason Bourne following him wherever he goes now that he's played the action hero five times. canonical: https://time.com/4323253/matt-damon-jason-bourne-featurette/ author: Eliza Berman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-09T18:39:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T17:23:53.445Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Matt Damon on How He Feels About His Jason Bourne Legacy og:description: "I don't mind being followed around by Jason Bourne" og:url: https://time.com/4323253/matt-damon-jason-bourne-featurette/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Matt Damon on How He Feels About His Jason Bourne Legacy twitter:description: "I don't mind being followed around by Jason Bourne" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Matt Damon on How He Really Feels About His Jason Bourne Legacy  by [Eliza Berman](https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Berman is a senior editor at TIME. May 9, 2016 6:39 PM UTC  by [Eliza Berman](https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Berman is a senior editor at TIME. May 9, 2016 6:39 PM UTC If there is one [character](http://time.com/3574651/matt-damon-bourne-movie/) he gets asked about most frequently, [Matt Damon](http://time.com/4033154/matt-damon-jason-bourne-batman-fight/) says, it’s undoubtedly Jason Bourne. But the star, who’s returning to the role for a fourth time in this summer’s [_Jason Bourne_](http://time.com/4211373/jason-bourne-trailer-super-bowl/), says in a new featurette for the film that the incessant pestering doesn’t bother him. “I don’t mind being followed around by Jason Bourne,” he says. “I like Jason Bourne. It’s been a defining role in my life.” Damon debuted as the amnesia-suffering human weapon in 2002’s _The Bourne Identity_ and returned, over the next five years, for _The Bourne Supremacy_ and _The Bourne Ultimatum._ He then took a break from the series, with Jeremy Renner debuting as a new character in 2012’s _The Bourne Legacy_. Though Damon waffled as to whether he would return for another installment in the series, he signed on to do _Jason Bourne_ when Paul Greengrass, who directed _Supremacy_ and _Ultimatum_, said that he would direct Damon in the film. The new featurette offers a look at Damon shooting action scenes and Greengrass commenting on the atmosphere on set, which he compares to a rock band reuniting for a tour. _Jason Bourne_ hits theaters July 29. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4323253/matt-damon-jason-bourne-featurette/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4323253/matt-damon-jason-bourne-featurette/"},"headline":"Matt Damon on How He Really Feels About His Jason Bourne Legacy","datePublished":"2016-05-09T18:39:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:23:53.445Z","description":"Jason Bourne is the fifth film in the action series","url":"https://time.com/4323253/matt-damon-jason-bourne-featurette/","keywords":["movies","Matt Damon"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliza Berman","jobTitle":"Berman is a senior editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4323253/matt-damon-jason-bourne-featurette/","name":"Matt Damon on How He Really Feels About His Jason Bourne Legacy"}}]}] ```