--- title: Matt Damon Muses a Superhero Gig with the 'Right Director' description: The 'Bourne' star is no stranger to action flicks, but would only want to play a hero with his best friend Ben Affleck there to direct him. canonical: https://time.com/4402941/matt-damon-wouldnt-say-no-to-a-superhero-gig-but-only-with-ben-affleck-behind-him/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-12T16:54:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:34:18.821Z og:title: Matt Damon Muses a Superhero Gig with the 'Right Director' og:description: The 'Bourne' star would want his buddy Ben Affleck to direct him. og:url: https://time.com/4402941/matt-damon-wouldnt-say-no-to-a-superhero-gig-but-only-with-ben-affleck-behind-him/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc08a037d20f01fae/69889b9a524fc059b5df8b18/matt-damon-ben-affleck-2015.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Adaptive Studios And HBO Present The Project Greenlight Season 4 Winning Film "The Leisure Class" og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Matt Damon Muses a Superhero Gig with the 'Right Director' twitter:description: The 'Bourne' star would want his buddy Ben Affleck to direct him. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc08a037d20f01fae/69889b9a524fc059b5df8b18/matt-damon-ben-affleck-2015.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Matt Damon Wouldn't Say No to a Superhero Gig But Only if Ben Affleck Directs > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Michael Tran/FilmMagic) Michael Tran—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jul 12, 2016 4:54 PM UTC [As Jason Bourne](http://time.com/4323253/matt-damon-jason-bourne-featurette/?iid=sr-link1), Matt Damon has proved his chops as an action star; the fourth of his _Bourne_ movies comes out later this month. So it makes sense that the actor would be seeking other roles where his practiced stunt work and cool under pressure would shine. Just add a cape, and he’d be more than set to play an of-the-moment superhero, for instance. “I’d consider anything with the right director, but I can’t imagine there are any superheroes left,” Damon [told the _Irish Examiner_](http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/entertainment/matt-damon-i-would-play-a-superhero-if-ben-affleck-directed-me-744315.html) in an interview. “I think they’re all taken at this moment.” He’s not wrong; with the ongoing blockbuster success of the Marvel and DC live-action comic adaptations (see: winter’s [_Deadpool_](http://time.com/4219431/review-ryan-reynolds-deadpool/?iid=sr-link1), spring’s [_Batman v Superman_](http://time.com/4268724/batmanvsuperman-review-movie-ben-affleck-henry-cavill/?iid=sr-link6) and[_Captain America_](http://time.com/4322329/captain-america-civil-war-box-office-opening/?iid=sr-link3)_,_ and this summer’s[ _Suicide Squad_)](http://time.com/4288039/suicide-squad-footage-mtv-movie-awards/?iid=sr-link2), pretty much every character from Spiderman to Aquaman has been spoken for. That said, Damon left the window open by mentioning [his BFF](http://time.com/4361827/national-best-friends-day/?iid=sr-link3) and award-winning-director-[slash-Batman-actor](http://time.com/4291678/ben-affleck-batman-2/?iid=sr-link1) Ben Affleck. Don’t expect Damon to buddy up to Affleck as Batman’s sidekick Robin, though; he’s looking for a different kind of working relationship. “If he (Ben) was directing me, I’d jump on it in a New York minute. I’d love to work with Ben,” he said. Sounds [like a fun set](http://time.com/4393032/ben-affleck-matt-damon-80s-photo/?iid=sr-link2). But we can’t get our hopes up too high, as Damon said Affleck tends to give himself the best role in movies he directs, “so until he’s willing to give up the best role to one of his friends, we’re not going to get on with it,” Damon said. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4402941/matt-damon-wouldnt-say-no-to-a-superhero-gig-but-only-with-ben-affleck-behind-him/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4402941/matt-damon-wouldnt-say-no-to-a-superhero-gig-but-only-with-ben-affleck-behind-him/"},"headline":"Matt Damon Wouldn't Say No to a Superhero Gig But Only if Ben Affleck Directs","datePublished":"2016-07-12T16:54:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:34:18.821Z","description":"\"I’d consider anything with the right director.\"","url":"https://time.com/4402941/matt-damon-wouldnt-say-no-to-a-superhero-gig-but-only-with-ben-affleck-behind-him/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc08a037d20f01fae/69889b9a524fc059b5df8b18/matt-damon-ben-affleck-2015.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc08a037d20f01fae/69889b9a524fc059b5df8b18/matt-damon-ben-affleck-2015.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Adaptive Studios And HBO Present The Project Greenlight Season 4 Winning Film \"The Leisure Class\"","caption":"Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Adaptive Studios And HBO Present The Project Greenlight Season 4 Winning Film \"The Leisure Class\"","creditText":"Michael Tran—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4402941/matt-damon-wouldnt-say-no-to-a-superhero-gig-but-only-with-ben-affleck-behind-him/","name":"Matt Damon Wouldn't Say No to a Superhero Gig But Only if Ben Affleck Directs"}}]}] ```