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Donald Clarke: Sorry, What Did Matt Damon Just Say? I Was Looking at My Phone

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The Rip star says Netflix tells film-makers to repeat the plot a few times, for the benefit of doom-scrolling audiences

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Matt Damon (55) is at the top of the Netflix charts with his cop thriller "The Rip", but behind the scenes the Hollywood star bursts the collar. In the podcast "Joe Rogan Experience" the actor told when and where the streaming giant wants to slow him down – namely right in the first minutes of his films. Together with his long-time friend Ben Affleck (53), with whom he plays two Miami Cops in "The Rip", who find 20 million dollars in an abandone…

Phones are stealing people's attention, and Netflix is having to simplify its movie scripts to keep everyone engaged, claims Matt Damon. People's lack of concentration has become a challenge for filmmakers. Watching movies used to be an activity that required full attention. And for many of us, it still is. But a new generation of TikTok-scrolling, laptop-watching movie consumers have neither the desire nor the willpower to put down their phones…

American actor Matt Damon explained how digital streaming monopolies are corrupting film production processes under the pretext of 'attention span'. Damon emphasized that the plot is repeated to the audience 'as if they won't understand it'.

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Aydınlık broke the news in Türkiye on Friday, January 23, 2026.
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