Seeing Double! Matt Damon Agrees That He and Jesse Plemons Look Alike: ‘I’m Proud of the Comparison’

Matt Damon has yet weighed successful connected nan internet’s chat astir nan resemblance betwixt him and chap character Jesse Plemons.

The Good Will Hunting star, 53, was asked if he agreed pinch fans who said that nan Kinds of Kindness actor, 36, was his personage dopplegänger successful an question and reply pinch Access Hollywood alongside Instigators costars Hong Chau and Casey Affleck connected Monday, July 29. “Sure, yeah, yeah, yeah, absolutely,” he replied earlier revealing that group person been pointing retired nan similarities betwixt them for decades.

Matt explained that Jesse was formed arsenic a younger type of his character, John Grady Cole, successful his 2000 Western romance film, All nan Pretty Horses. Jesse’s segment was yet trim from nan movie, but Matt recalled nan unit “freaking out” complete really overmuch nan then-preteen resembled him.

“Five group came up to maine earlier I met him and said, ‘You’re not gonna judge really overmuch this kid looks for illustration you,'” he continued. They yet met and took a photograph together, which nan Stillwater prima doesn’t person today, but he wished he did.

“I couldn’t judge it. He looked much for illustration maine than I did erstwhile I was little,” he added. “Like my small 11-year-old look did not look for illustration it [was going to go me]. He looked precisely for illustration me. I was like, ‘This is really weird.'”

Casey, 48, chimed successful to constituent retired that not only do Jesse and Matt look alike, but they besides sound alike and “have akin mannerisms.” Matt complimented his younger could-be copy arsenic a “great actor” who is “incredible to watch.”

“I’m proud of nan comparison,” he said.

Casey besides asked Matt if anyone has tried to formed him and Jesse arsenic brothers. Though nan reply was no, nan Oscar victor said he’d beryllium unfastened to nan idea.

“I deliberation he’s truthful overmuch younger than me. He’s sewage to beryllium 20 years younger than me, aliases almost that. But I would emotion to do thing pinch him. I deliberation he’s great,” Matt concluded.

Jesse has besides shared his thoughts connected twinning pinch Matt, though he doesn’t truthful overmuch spot nan resemblance. The Love & Death alum was portion of a skit connected Jimmy Kimmel Live! successful June wherever Guillermo Rodriguez locked him up because he mistakenly thought Jesse was Matt, who is banned from nan talk show.

After passing a “Matt Damon test” — correctly answering 2 positive 2 — Jesse was allowed to subordinate Jimmy, 56, connected stage. He revealed that nan resemblance betwixt him and Matt has been “haunting” him for galore years. Jesse besides admitted that he didn’t really spot it himself.

“When I was younger my aunt watched Good Will Hunting and for immoderate reason, she told my mom, ‘This is what Jesse’s going to look for illustration erstwhile he gets old,’” he said. The character besides recalled an incident successful an elevator pinch a instrumentality who mistook him for Matt.

“This female asked me, ‘Are you Matt Damon?’ I said, ‘No, I’m sorry, I’m not.’ She looked astatine maine arsenic if, ‘Wow, Matt Damon is simply a liar,’ and I felt bad,” he explained.

A week later, connected nan Today show, Jesse admitted that it was “flattering” to beryllium compared to Matt.

“But yeah, passim nan people of my career, I’ve had various Matt Damon-associated nicknames and such,” he said.