The bromance between Spiderhead producer star Chris Hemsworth and Air producer star Matt Damon hugged after reuniting for dinner at Italian restaurant Via Veneto in Santa Monica on Friday night.
The Australian 39-year-old and the Cambridge-born 52-year-old have been friends for over a decade and starred in three films together: Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019), and Thor: Ragnarok ( 2017).
“We became friends around the time I started working, and I’ve really benefited from seeing how he handles himself,” Chris shared GK back in 2014.
“Matt’s just a normal kid who’s got the movie star thing.”
Joining the talented pair for dinner was Matt’s wife of 17 – Luciana Bozán Barroso – who wore a beige cardigan with baggy khaki cargo pants and black boots.
Bromance is still going strong! Spiderhead producer star Chris Hemsworth (L) and Air producer star Matt Damon (R) hugged after reuniting for dinner at Italian restaurant Via Veneto in Santa Monica on Friday night
Adorable: Australian 39-year-old (L) and Cambridge-born 52-year-old (M) have been friends for over a decade and starred in three films together – Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), Jay and Silent Bob Reboot ( 2019), and Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Damon originally met the Argentinian 46-year-old in 2003 while she was bartending at a South Beach Miami nightclub where he was filming the Farrelly Brothers’ conjoined twin comedy Stuck On You.
At the time, Luciana was still technically married to Arbello Barroso, with whom she was raising then four-year-old daughter Alexia, but their divorce was finalized in December 2004 — a year before she married the Oscar-winning screenwriter.
Matt and Bozán — who never separate for more than two weeks — went on to welcome three daughters of their own: Isabella, who turns 17 next Sunday; Gia, 14; and Stella, 12.
Hemsworth has three children – 11-year-old daughter India Rose and nine-year-old twin sons Sasha + Tristan – from his 12-year marriage to Poker Face actress Elsa Pataky.
The founder of the Centr app originally met the Spanish 46-year-old in 2010 through their agents.
On Friday, Chris — who normally depends on fitness trainer Luke Zocchi in his native country — enjoyed a jet-lagged workout at rival trainer Grant Roberts’ gym in Los Angeles.
Hemsworth shared a video of him training his Adonis-esque, muscular six-foot-tall physique for the viewing pleasure of his prisoner, amassing 94.5 million followers on social media.
The former soap star will next reprise his role as Tyler Rake, a former SASR operator turned black ops mercenary, in Extraction 2, which premieres June 16 on Netflix.
Chris told GQ in 2014, ‘We became friends around the time I started working, and I’ve really benefited from seeing how he handles himself. Matt is just a normal guy who came up with the movie star thing”
Catching up: The pair also chatted with a man wearing a Deux Ex Machina Custom Motorcycles T-shirt
17 years strong! Matt’s wife Luciana Bozán Barroso, wearing a beige cardigan with baggy khaki cargo pants and black boots, joined the talented pair for dinner.
March 27 family portrait: Damon fathered three daughters – Isabella (2-R), who turns 17 next Sunday; Gia (not pictured), 14; and Stella (M), 12 – and he is stepfather to the 24-year-old daughter of Argentina’s 46-year-old, Alexia Barroso (L)
March 19 family portrait: Meanwhile, Hemsworth has three children — 11-year-old daughter India Rose and nine-year-old twin sons Sasha + Tristan — from his 12-year marriage to Spanish-born actress Elsa Pataky
“Just landed in LA!” On Friday, the founder of the Centr app — who normally relies on fitness trainer Luke Zocchi in his native country — enjoyed a jet-lagged workout at rival trainer Grant Roberts’ gym in LA
‘Went 12 rounds’: Chris shared a video of him training his six-foot Adonis-esque muscular physique for his prisoner’s viewing pleasure, amassing 94.5 million social media followers
From June 16 on Netflix! Hemsworth produced and reprized his role as Tyler Rake, a former SASR operator turned black ops mercenary, in Sam Hargrave’s sequel Extraction 2
In theaters in the UK and US from 21 July! The Oscar-winning screenwriter reportedly earned $4 million plus backend fees for his role as Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves Jr., who directed the Manhattan Project with nuclear physicist Robert Oppenheimer (L, Cillian Murphy), in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer
Chris also produced the Sam Hargrave sequel – largely set in a deadly prison – and was based on Ande Parks and the Russo Brothers’ 2014 graphic novel Ciudad.
Hargrave’s 2020 original film Extraction was streamed by 99 million households in its first four weeks of release, despite only scoring a 67% approval rating (out of 218 reviews) on Rotten tomatoes.
On October 27, Hemsworth wrapped up his mysterious role in George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road prequel Furiosa – which won’t hit theaters until May 24, 2024.
Damon reportedly earned $4 million plus backend fees for his role as Lieutenant General Leslie Groves Jr., who directed the Manhattan Project with nuclear physicist Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy), in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer which hits theaters July 21 in the UK and the US.
The $100 million budget IMAX 65mm film about nuclear weapons – based on the 2005 book American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin – also stars Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh, Rami Malek, Josh Hartnett , Kenneth Branagh and Gary Old Man.
The two-time Golden Globe winner also has upcoming roles in Ethan Coen’s road trip comedy Drive-Away Dolls and John Krasinski’s comedy Imaginary Friends.