Hollywood star Matt Damon feels that the character of James Bond is anachronistic, and will always be set in the Sixties.
London, Aug. 16 : Hollywood star Matt Damon feels that the character of James Bond is anachronistic, and will always be set in the Sixties.
"The Bond character will always be anchored in the 1960s and in the values of the 1960s," the BBC quoted the actor who plays a former CIA hitman in the Bourne thrillers.
While speaking at the UK premiere of The Bourne Ultimatum, the third film in the franchise, he said that the suave spy was "so anachronistic when you put it in the world we live in today."
He, however, admits that Bourne is neither better nor worse than Bond.
"Bond is an imperialist and a misogynist who kills people and laughs about it, and drinks Martinis and cracks jokes," he said.
"Bourne is a serial monogamist whose girlfriend is dead and he does nothing but think about her," he added.
Damon further stated that Bourne "doesn't have the support of gadgets, and he feels guilty for what he's done."
The first two Bourne outings - The Bourne Identity and The Bourne Supremacy - generated more than 250 million pounds at the box office across the world, and the third movie went straight to the top of the North American box office chart.
Damon also said that he was ready to do a fourth film if British director Paul Greengrass also returned to the project.
"The Bourne franchise is not about wearing Prada suits and looking at women coming out of the sea with bikinis on. It's about essence and truth, not frippery and surface," Greengrass said.
ANI