While I’ve never really compared Tom Cruise and Matt Damon, I do recognize the commonalities, specifically seeing as they’re both known for starring in action franchises. However, their approach to the action is so different that the Good Will Hunting actor called himself the “anti-Tom Cruise.” And I have to say, I get why he calls himself that.
You know it, and I know it, Tom Cruise does his own stunts, and he loves it. Meanwhile, Matt Damon made it very clear that he’d rather have stuntmen do the action for him. In fact, ahead of the premiere of his new movie, The Rip, on Netflix’s 2026 schedule, he made it very clear to Ben Affleck during an interview with Still Watching Netflix that he’s the “anti-Tom Cruise” when it comes to stunts, saying:
