Our exclusive 1:1 interview with Elysium’s Matt Damon talking sci-fi movie faves (Blade Runner..), Neill Blomkamp…

By Eric Walkuski

Posted 13 years ago

Last Updated on August 5, 2021

Matt Damon plays a man who only has a few days to live in ELYSIUM, the latest sci-fi adventure from director Neill Blomkamp (DISTRICT 9). Sporting a bald head and a spiffy exosuit for much of the film, Damon’s “Max” is something of a final hope for a poor society on the verge of extinction while the 1% of humanity’s wealthiest people live in a cushy space station called “Elysium.”

I sat down with Damon to talk about the project’s various challenges; from that complex exosuit to the ambitious fight sequences to going toe-to-toe with Sharlto Copley, who plays the film’s crazed villain.

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