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Matt Damon and David Letter they made unexpected cameos in the season four premiere The Golden Age!
The 56-year-old actor and talk show host and 79-year-old comedian appeared briefly in the first episode of the new HBO series, which aired on Sunday night (November 1).
Per Vulturethe two were seen for just six seconds, starting at eight minutes and 33 seconds into the season premiere episode, where they are dressed to match the mood of the show, and are seen just walking across the street. There were no lines at all.
Matthew he went a little further under cover with sideburns and a bushy moustache, while he was David seen in his usual appearance, with his beard he’s been rocking for a while now.
So, how did Matt Damon and David Letterand The Golden Age cameos to be?
Matt Damon and David Letterman’s The Golden Age cameos explained
David Letter He has long wanted to become a background actor after seeing his friend, a comedian Gary Mule Deerin a scene in Annie Hall in 1977. He has had several recent occasions where he has come close, but this time it finally happened.
according to Isabella Richardsonwho is the showrunner of his Netflix series My next guest needs no introductionthe Golden Age Cameo came as something that started as research Matthewis an upcoming scene My next guest.
While researching the actor, Isabella and the team learned that Matthew started his career as a background actor and they thought, “Okay, maybe this is the perfect opportunity” for David.
“It would be a lot of fun for him David to do this with an Academy Award winner Matt Damonand it tied in well with his origin story,” Isabella divided by Vultureadding when you get a list of possible field division options, Matthew “He vaguely chose this idea as his favorite. And it was the smartest and stupidest idea.”
They researched options of what was filming in New York during production My next guestand Isabella noticed The Golden Agewhich coincidentally, a forward line representative My next guest he had a friend who worked on the HBO series.
The cameo request made its way to Golden Age executive producer Kate Churchillwho made it happen!
“It was kind of a hysterical moment when we had the production manager Leah Baker came up to me on set and he was like, ‘Well, I have a kind of funny, interesting question: Would you like Dave the Letterman and Matt Damon be a backdrop on our set one day?” she remembered. “I started laughing.”
She then took the idea to a showrunner and creator Julian FellowesHBO drama boss Francesca Orsi and CEO of HBO Casey Bloyswho all thought he was “hysterical,” though Kate think he might be distracting the audience.
“The only way I could think of is if we did it in a very controlled way and all we needed was a shot, so there was a good chance it would make the cut,” Kate told Vulture.
She then wanted to ensure that the scene would take place on a closed set, “where we control everything, and the public has no access,” which made recording a bit difficult. “There’s a very specific number of days that that can happen, and we have our schedule set up. I went back to Isabelle like, ‘These are the days you’ve picked, and it has to work for these two.'”
“I have to give credit to our studios because a simple idea was very complicated,” Kate said. “Things like, Matthew he would have to be paid as a background person, but he actually works under his own company. There were a lot of emails going around, but people really locked arms, and both studios saw that it was a fun collaboration where we could help each other out.”
As for filming day, Kate Churchill remembering David he was “like a kid in a candy shop” because he was “so excited and curious about everything.”
Isabella Richardson added, “Matt Damon he was laughing so hard all day, and he had this mustache, so whenever he smiled, he had to hold his mustache to make sure it wouldn’t come loose.”
“It was really one of those rare moments in our business where everyone is having a lot of fun doing something special, and there was this great authenticity that felt very special to these two shows,” Kate said.
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