Matt Damon is considered one of Hollywood’s most in-demand actors, and in consequence, he’s usually on set filming his subsequent main blockbuster, which implies time spent away from his spouse, Luciana Barroso, and their household.
A current report claims Barroso has been dealing with most family tasks whereas the actor strikes from one manufacturing to the following, seemingly affecting their private time collectively.
Matt Damon has beforehand spoken about higher balancing household life together with his work and has agreed to step away from performing in any respect so long as a sure film director doesn’t come calling.
In accordance with Globe Journal, Barroso has been “feeling the burn” as she takes care of the tasks at dwelling whereas Damon isn’t round.
Though he has introduced an answer, which is to contain her in his skilled ventures, that has reportedly not achieved a lot to deal with the problem.
Chatting with the outlet, a supply stated, “For some time, it regarded like Matt’s resolution of getting Lucy extra concerned in his and Ben Affleck’s firm, Artists Fairness, as a producer, would make things better.”
The supply claimed that resolution “hasn’t actually gone wherever,” and Barroso is “nonetheless operating the family and taking care of their youngsters whereas Matt is off working.”
Barroso is at the moment listed as a associate on Artists Fairness’s workforce web page and is credited as a producer on the corporate’s upcoming movie Animals, scheduled for launch on October 9, 2026.
Nonetheless, her skilled commitments nonetheless depart her with extra time to spend together with her household in comparison with Damon, so she nonetheless finally ends up bearing the brunt of the family stress.
The Film Star As soon as Talked About Taking Time Off Work
Damon tried to take break day from performing so he might be together with his household extra usually, sharing that he negotiated together with his spouse on what wanted to be achieved.
In a 2023 report by Entertainment Weekly, the “Bourne Id” star acknowledged that he’d mentioned taking time away from performing in {couples} remedy.
“I had — to not get too private — negotiated extensively with my spouse that I used to be taking break day,” he stated.
Damon revealed that the one exception to his settlement with Barroso was if Nolan needed to work with him on a challenge.
Christopher Nolan Was Matt Damon’s ‘One Caveat’ To His Taking Time Off From Work
Talking extra about his couple’s remedy second with Barroso, Damon labeled Nolan his solely “caveat” to his plans to take a break and spend time together with his household.
He stated, “I really negotiated in {couples} remedy— this can be a true story — the one caveat to my taking break day was if Chris Nolan known as.”
He continued, “That is with out realizing whether or not or not he was engaged on something, as a result of he by no means tells you. He simply calls you out of the blue. And so, it was a second in my family.”
Nolan did name, and off he went, showing as Leslie Groves within the director’s 2023 biographical thriller, “Oppenheimer.”
The calls didn’t cease there, because the pair went on to collaborate on Nolan’s subsequent movie, “The Odyssey,” which was launched July 16, 2026.
Filming ‘The Odyssey’ Saved Matt Damon Away From Dwelling
Whereas Damon was preventing a cyclops and getting misplaced within the Mediterranean Sea as Odysseus, in actual life he skilled his personal little odyssey away from his household because the demanding nature of the movie stored him tied down for lengthy intervals.
Nolan’s “The Odyssey” was filmed over six months throughout six nations, together with Morocco, Greece, Italy, Iceland, Scotland, and the US of America.
In accordance with The Boston Globe, Damon described the movie as the toughest film he had ever labored on. “Motion pictures are plenty of work, whether or not they work or not, however I’ve by no means been on a tougher one than this,” he stated earlier in July.
The “Bourne” actor appeared to narrate slightly to his character’s want to succeed in dwelling after the filming that was reportedly so taxing it took him months to get well lastly wrapped up.
“My house is my household and at all times has been and at all times will likely be, and that’s nonetheless the case,” the actor asserted.
Matt Damon Feels Some ‘Guilt’ About How Little Time He Will get To Spend With His Spouse And Children
Regardless of the prolonged time he spent on his final movie “The Odyssey,” stories now say Damon as soon as once more has little time for Barroso and the remainder of his household as he’s already moved on to a different main manufacturing.
In accordance with the Globe supply, “after a not-very-long break, he’s flung himself into one other huge manufacturing,” referring to his upcoming superhero film, “Thasnagar,” which is about for a 2027 launch.
Whereas he continues to maintain himself busy and allegedly barely has time to spend at dwelling, he’s stated to really feel some “guilt” as a result of he spends a lot time he might use together with his household on his film engagements.
