Kids Ask Matt Damon the Toughest Questions

Imagine me naked and imagine me in a bath. This is horrible. Are you up for being interviewed by some very cute kids? The kids of the Radio 1 listeners. Are you up for playing Kids Ask? Yes, I can't wait. Let's get this one from Lewin. Hi Matt, it's Lewin. I'm 10 years old. In the Odyssey film, you're in the water a lot. Did you have a wee whilst you were swimming? Let me think. I don't remember having a wee in the water, though I probably did at some point. I mean, we were in the water a lot. And that would have been, if I did have a wee, it would have been in the ocean, not at Universal Studios. Yeah, that's good to know. Because there is a difference, isn't there? I'm sure Lewin knows the difference between weeing in the sea and weeing in a pool. Yeah, you never wee in a pool. That's bad form. Matt, we have a big debate on the show. This is a tangent. When I have a bath... You have a wee. I have a wee, yeah. That's it. When I have a bath, I sit in the bath and let the water run up around me. That's how I have a bath. He doesn't run the bath first. I get an empty bath. In an empty bath, all shriveled and naked, and lets the water fill around him. Imagine me naked, and then imagine me in a bath. This is horrible. Yeah, it's not a nice image, is it? What do you do? Do you get in the bath naked and let the water run? Or do you get in a full bath? I know, I get in a full bath. Yes, because he's not a psychopath. Do you sit in a cold tub with your bare ass and then just fill the water up around you? I love it. He also sits the opposite way around on the toilet sometimes. Oh, yeah. What? He likes to sit sort of like facing, so like the basin is there. Facing the wall? Yeah. Well, you know the little thing you have? And I have a little picnic on it. Sometimes he says he puts a glass of wine on it. Glass of wine. Play chess with myself. That's great. I've never heard that. Buddy, try it. Oh, my God, you are a very interesting man, Jamie. Let's get a question from Grace. I'm six years old. My best friend's called Astrid. I know your best friend is Ben. What's the most annoying thing Ben does? So we've already talked a lot about your friendship with Ben Affleck. What's the most annoying thing he does? Oh, man, if I had to pick one thing, I'd say if we've been in 10,000 meetings in our life, Ben's never been the first one there. I'm always waiting for him. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's always a little late. What would Ben say about you? When we lived together when we were younger, I was messy. He would definitely talk smack about that. Yeah, and he has before. I love the thought of you living together. It's so good. Let's get a question from Gabe. Hello, Matt Damon. I'm Gabriel and I'm five years old. Who is the smelliest person in the Odyssey film? There are a lot to choose from because, you know, I have my whole crew. You know, it's Hamesh and Andrew, but there's, you know, 15 guys and we were out on a boat for months. So it's really a you pick them. Like, none of us smelled very good. Okay, let's get this one from... These little voices are so adorable. I know, they're absolutely gorgeous, aren't they? They're so cute. Hi, Matt. I'm LaFrentia and I'm seven years old. I know you've done lots of big movies, but which one is the worst? And you're not allowed to lie. Okay, I know I can't lie to the kids. Well, so I love, you know, I once asked Clint Eastwood about this and Clint said that he loved all of his movies equally. He said, you know, some say that, you know, some of them are masterpieces. People say some of them are awful. He goes, I love them equally because I know exactly where I was in my life and I know why I made them. And so that is very true. Like, we don't set out to make movies that don't entirely cohere. You know, we set out with the best of intentions. There is a movie that I made with one of my favorite directors on planet Earth, but it was called The Great Wall. And my daughter, I say this because my daughter refers to this movie as The Wall. And we were like, you know, we had friends over for dinner and she kept talking about the wall, the wall, the wall. And I finally was like, Isabella, it's called The Great Wall. And she goes, dad, there is nothing great about that movie. Hey, it's the one she's talking about, which in a way does make it great. What movie have you missed out on? I always think the right actor gets the part. Like, do you remember the movie Milk with Sean Penn? Such a great movie. Okay, so Josh Brolin, who got nominated for an Oscar in a supporting role, that was supposed to be my role. And Sean's schedule changed. And so the movie got pushed because Gus Van Sant directed it, the same guy who directed Good Will Hunting. So I had read Milk. It was one of the best scripts I've ever read. I was like, oh my God, I'm going to be opposite Sean doing this. Like, and Sean is so phenomenal in that movie. And I knew that was going to happen. And I'm like, so excited. I was already researching and the movie got pushed. So I had a movie I was going to do. So it precluded me from doing Milk, from doing the supporting role. But you know, Josh, it's like the right actor got the part. Wow. Because Josh was- I watched that performance and I went, there's nothing I could have done. He is phenomenal. He's so good. The last question from Rosie. Hi, my name is Rosie. I love cheerleading. Matt Damon, what coloured socks are you wearing? You've got a lovely suit on. The blue suit for the listeners who can't see it is very, very nice. They're tan socks. Can we see them? Can you get your leg that high in the air? Of course he can. Very nice. Do you know, Jamie actually has a special skill, he thinks, where he can tell what coloured underwear a man is wearing. Oh, yeah, I can. Just from looking at him. All right. You do not disappoint. Oh, man. Listen, and this is only scraping the surface, buddy. This is okay. Should I? Do you want me to do it to you? I have so many ideas. You facing the wrong way on the toilet. You just naked in an empty bathtub. It's great. I am just, what a way to start the day. The water's slowly running around me. Oh, God. Do you want me to? Do I have? Do you have my permission to tell you what colour underwear I'm wearing? Okay, I have to. I'm not going to. I can't look back at you when you do this. That's weird. You're not. You are wearing underwear. I am wearing it. That is true. You wouldn't wear a suit like that with no underwear. No. And you're wearing white underwear. I'm not. They're black. I was about to say black. He doesn't always get it right. Thank God he didn't get that right. He doesn't always get it right. I really would have been so worried. More often than not, he doesn't get it right. I always get it right. Matt Damon, thank you so much for joining us. And you have been lovely. Thank you so much for answering the questions. I had so much fun with you guys. Thank you. I really appreciate it. Thank you so much.