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Matt Damon to Shrink Himself for Alexander Payne’s Downsizing

     * Sarah Begley @SCBegley

   Nov. 6, 2014
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The social satire takes austerity measures to a whole new level

   We’ve heard of actors dropping massive amounts of weight in the quest
   for an Oscar, but for his role in Alexander Payne’s Downsizing, Matt
   Damon’s weight loss will be more sci-fi, less South Beach.

   The Bourne Identity actor has agreed to play a man who undergoes a
   shrinking procedure as a way to cut costs. His wife agrees to this
   austerity measure, too, but backs out after he’s already been
   downsized.

   Payne wrote the script for Downsizing with his writing partner Jim
   Taylor between 2004’s Sideways and 2011’s The Descendants, when it was
   slated to star Paul Giamatti and Reese Witherspoon. It was tabled so
   Payne could work on The Descendants (which won a Oscar for its
   screenplay), and again when he started work directing Nebraska.

   But it’s back on track now, and with no financing announced, the team
   may have to think big to get small.

   [The Hollywood Reporter]
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