Matt Damon Finally Explains the Tension on the Saving Private Ryan Set

Unlike the rest of the actors who trained intensely as a team, Matt Damon was deliberately excluded from the preparation. Director Steven Spielberg wanted the others to genuinely dislike him, which would create believable tension and frustration in scenes where they were supposed to be risking their lives to save his character. Damon has said his only task during this time was to do nothing at all, and this helped build the serious, intense mood in some of the film’s most dramatic moments.








