Director will only start shooting another if Spurs move on to bigger things
Following the success of The Bourne Ultimatum at the Oscars (it deservedly won all three categories in which it was nominated), rumours have been circling this week of a fourth instalment in the Matt Damon franchise.
Bourne director Paul Greengrass has not confirmed the rumour, but the avid Spurs fan told Mark Kermode on Radio Five that he would only make another if his club finish in the top four.
While it’s a little too late this season, film fans (and people who can recite Jason Bourne’s ‘I can run flat out for half a mile before my hand starts shaking’ speech off by heart, such as myself) will be hoping that the Carling Cup win isn’t just another false dawn for the club.
UPDATE: Eagle-eyed Spoiler fan Ashley informs us that Greengrass is in fact a Palace fan, who was mocking radio host Simon Mayo for his Spurs support. Ultimatum is my favourite film ever, but as a Wimbledon fan, I think I just died a little inside.
Spoiler bonus: here’s what Matt Damon has been up to since his last appearance as the forgetful assassin:
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3 responses so far
1 Ashley // Feb 27, 2008 at 10:06 am
You’ve actually got that wrong, Greengrass is a Palace fan, and he was winding up Spurs fan Simon Mayo. The interview was in August/September time, when we were truly awful, hence his assertion that he would only make the film if we made the top four.
Even Matt Damon got in on the act, it’s very funny, the podcast should still be floating around somewhere.
2 Ryan Bailey // Feb 27, 2008 at 10:26 am
I stand corrected.
I heard that podcast and listened to the post-Oscars one this morning, where they repeated the anecdote and implied that Greengrass was a Spurs fan.
But you are right, he is a Palace scummer.
3 Jimmy Kimmel is Fucking Ben Affleck » // Feb 28, 2008 at 5:15 pm
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