Actor Matt Damon, who has just premiered his movie “We Bought A Zoo” in NYC, basically slammed “Bourne Ultimatum” writer Tony Gilroy in a brutally honest interview for the upcoming January 2012 issue of GQ Magazine.

Scarlett Johansson & Matt Damon @ We Bought A Zoo Premiere

The 41 year-old did not even attempt to be nice, claiming the script was unreadable and blaming the studio for making a lousy deal for the third movie of the franchise. Tony allegedly negotiated to write only one draft of the script with no notes or rewrites for “an exorbitant amount of money.”

Matt said, “It’s really the studio’s fault for putting themselves in that position. I don’t blame Tony for taking a boatload of money and handing in what he handed in. It’s just that it was unreadable. This is a career-ender. I mean, I could put this thing up on eBay and it would be game over for that dude. It’s terrible. It’s really embarrassing. He was having a go, basically, and he took his money and left.”

Of course, Matt quickly issued an apology (sort of) as soon as the interview and specifically that quote came out. The Bourne star admitted that was not the time or place to express his opinions on the matter.

Matt’s apology: “If I didn’t respect him and appreciate his talent, then I really wouldn’t have cared. My feelings were hurt. That’s all. And that’s exactly why I shouldn’t have said anything. This is between me and him. So saying anything publicly is f****ng stupid and unprofessional and just kind of douchey of me.”

Humm. I don’t buy it. I strongly believe actors have the right to their own opinions, but once they accept to be part of the project they should either fully embrace it or get lost because blasting it in public is indeed very “douchey”.

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[images: GQ]