Matt Damon and his wife of 17 years, Luciana Barroso, looked glammed up Monday at the Los Angeles premiere of their highly anticipated film Air.
The 52-year-old Good Will Hunting star, who recently co-founded a production company called Artists Equity with his best friend, Ben Affleck, showed off his slim, age-defying figure in a black suit coordinated with Luciana’s asymmetrical wrap dress.
Luciana, 46, wore her long straight brunette hair parted in the center and accessorized with a large pair of silver earrings and light makeup.
The couple, married since 2005, posed with their daughters Isabella, 16, Gia, 14, and Stella, 12.
Air, directed by Affleck, tells the story of the rise to fame of the Air Jordan sneaker brand.
Lovely couple: Matt Damon, 52, and his wife of 17 years, Luciana Barroso, 46, looked glammed up Monday at the premiere of their highly anticipated film Air in Los Angeles.
Family photo: The couple, who have been married since 2005, posed with their daughters Isabella, 16, Gia, 14, and Stella, 12.
The star-studded new film features an all-star cast including Jason Bateman, Chris Tucker, and EGOT winner Viola Davis.
The three Oscar winners Damon, Affleck and Davis smiled side by side as they posed together at the event.
The shoes, produced by the American corporation Nike, Inc., were created for former Hall of Fame basketball player Michael Jordan during his time with the Chicago Bulls in 1984 and they were released on April 1, 1985.
Damon plays a sports executive, Sonny Vaccaro, who is tasked with improving sales for Nike in its basketball division.
Vaccaro watches numerous tapes in search of the perfect player to collaborate with before finding one and showing it to his boss, Jason Bateman’s character.
Nike founder Phil Knight, played by Affleck, approves signing individual players in endorsements for the first time.
Damon then tells a Nike designer that he needs “the best basketball shoe ever made.”
When asked who it’s for, he replies ‘Michael Jordan’ ironically.
Support System: Luciana, 46, wore her long straight brunette hair parted in the center and accessorized with a large pair of silver earrings and light makeup.
Looking good: The Good Will Hunting star, 52, showed off her age-defying slim figure in a black suit coordinated with Luciana’s asymmetrical wrap dress
Highly Anticipated: Air tells the story of the rise of the Air Jordan sneaker brand and is led by Affleck. Damon plays sports executive Sonny Vaccaro, who is tasked with increasing sales for Nike’s basketball division.
Rave Reviews: Air earned rave reviews and received a standing ovation when it premiered at SXSW last week. The shoes, produced by the American corporation Nike, Inc., were created for former Hall of Fame basketball player Michael Jordan during his time with the Chicago Bulls and released for sale in 1985.
Triple threat: Ben Affleck and Damon made a stylish duo Monday night when they joined Viola Davis at the Los Angeles premiere of her new movie Air.
(ID) Mike Hopkins, Affleck, Damon, Albert Cheng and Julie Rapaport at the world premiere of AIR at the Regency Village Theater
Bromance: Ben, who directed the film and also played the role of Phil Knight, the co-founder of Nike, told IndieWire, “I love and trust Matt so much, and it was wonderful working together.”
New Sports Movie: Damon Stars Above As Sports Executive Sonny Vaccaro
Tough Boss: Ben Affleck plays Nike founder Phil Knight (pictured above)
All the pitch: When talking about sales of Nike basketball shoes before the Air Jordans came out, Vaccaro said, “Our basketball division is terrible.”
Office Called: Vaccaro is called into the office of Nike founder Phil Knight (Affleck), where Knight tells him he needs to increase sales.
The trailer for the film ends with a humorous scene in which Knight asks Vaccaro if he has a name for the shoe. Vaccaro tells him that his name is Air Jordan and Knight makes a face.
‘Oh really?’ Vaccaro asks upon seeing the face to which Knight replies, “Maybe it will grow on me.”
Ben recently opened up to IndieWire about working with his old friend Damon, saying, “I love and trust Matt so much, and it was so lovely working together.”
“It was like a feeling of, I want the other actors to feel [this too].
‘Like, ‘Come on, it’s all good, I love the actors, I love you, you’re going to be fine, everyone, take all the time you want, do what you’re supposed to do and be respected, and be nice. to project that energy.
Ben and Matt rose to international fame in 1997 when they co-wrote the award-winning Good Will Hunting.
Telling the story of the rise of Air Jordan, Great Ensemble: Air is directed by Affleck and features talents like Jason Bateman, Chris Tucker and Viola Davis (Damon seated and facing camera, Bateman standing)
Mocking: “I don’t love it,” his boss responds sarcastically
Building a Shoe Around a Person: Knight’s voice can then be heard asking what his plan is and Vaccaro responds, “We built a line of shoes just for him.”
Passionate Speech: During a meeting with Davis’ character, who is Jordan’s mother, Deloris, Vaccaro tells her, “I believe in your son.” I think he is the future. And his story will make us want to fly. But a shoe is just a shoe’
Biopic: The film, about basketball legend Michael Jordan and the history of the Nike Air Jordan shoes of the same name, opens in theaters on April 5.
Air earned rave reviews and received a standing ovation when it premiered at SXSW last week.
Earlier this week, Affleck’s wife, Jennifer Lopez, 53, posted a review of the movie Air de indiewire and highlighted the phrase: ‘one of the best sports movies ever made’.
It also underscored the A+ rating the biopic received from the film industry and the review publication.
Air will be released exclusively in theaters on April 5.