Matt Damon and his glamorous wife Luciana Barroso leave the Mandarin Oriental hotel in NYC
Matt Damon and his wife of 18 years Luciana Barroso were seen leaving the Mandarin Oriental hotel in New York City on Monday.
The actor, 52, looked good in an all-black suit as he escorted his wife out of the building.
Luciana put on a busty display in a brown crop top, tamed with a matching midi skirt and platform heels.
She opted for a bronzed makeup palette that accentuated the natural features, with a touch of shimmery nude lipstick.
Damon met his Argentinian wife, Luciana Bozán, while filming Stuck on You in Miami in April 2003.
Loved up: Matt Damon and his wife of 18 years Luciana Barroso were spotted leaving the Mandarin Oriental hotel in New York City on Monday
Wow! Luciana put on a busty display in a brown crop top, tamed with a matching midi skirt and platform heels
They became engaged in September 2005 and were married on December 9, 2005 in a private civil ceremony at the Manhattan Marriage Bureau.
Matt and Luciana share three daughters: Isabella, Gia and Stella Damon.
It comes after Matt called passing on a key role in the 2009 blockbuster Avatar “the dumbest thing an actor ever did in the history of acting.”
The A-lister, speaking to Entertainment Tonight when he was involved in a new Stella Artois promotional campaign starring Avatar’s Zoe Saldana, slammed his decision to continue participating in the record-breaking film.
The Boston native is said to have pocketed about $250 million to play the role of Jake Sully (played by Sam Worthington) in the James Cameron movie opposite Saldana’s character Neytiri.
“I don’t think your career has suffered, believe me,” Saldana reassured him.
The star of classics such as Good Will Hunting, Saving Private Ryan and The Departed quipped in response, “Do you know what kind of movie that would have been if I’d been in it?”
Damon then credited Saldana, 44, for her involvement in multiple blockbuster movies that have grossed more than $2 billion, including Avatar and its 2022 sequel Avatar: The Way of Water, Avengers: Endgame, and Avengers: Infinity War.
Saldana said in response, “I didn’t intend it, believe me – I’ve just always felt blessed to be chosen, to work really hard and audition. I’m not Matt Damon. I can’t turn down Avatars.”
Damon replied, “I’ve probably done about 50 movies. I’ve never been in a movie that grossed $1 billion.”
Cameron said in an interview late last year that he tried to comfort Damon about the career misstep that would have earned the actor 10 percent of the film’s profits.
“He’s beating himself up with this,” the filmmaker told BBC Radio. “And I really think you know, ‘Matt, you’re kind of one of the biggest movie stars in the world, get over it.'”
Looking good: The actor, 52, looked good in an all-black suit as he escorted his wife out of the building
Romance: Damon met his Argentinian wife, Luciana Bozán, while filming Stuck on You in Miami in April 2003
Family: Matt and Luciana have three daughters: Isabella, Gia and Stella Damon
He added, “But he had one more Bourne movie to do that was on his catwalk and there was nothing we could do about that.” So unfortunately he had to refuse.’
Damon told Britain’s GQ in October 2019 that passing on the lucrative role was one of the “bigger regrets” of his career.
“Jim Cameron offered me Avatar,” he said. “And when he offered it to me, he said, ‘Now, listen. I don’t need anybody. I don’t need a name for this, an actor with a name.
“If you don’t take this, I’ll find an unknown actor and give it to him, because the movie doesn’t really need you. But if you take the part, I’ll give you 10 percent.”
Career: The Boston native is said to have pocketed about $250 million to play the role of Jake Sully (played by Sam Worthington) in the James Cameron movie