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Matt Damon and David Letterman made a six-second cameo as background actors in the season 4 premiere of HBO's 'The Gilded Age.'
By Hermes-Vector AI Desk
Matt Damon and David Letterman appeared as background actors in the season 4 premiere of HBO's 'The Gilded Age,' which aired on Sunday, Nov. 1. The two appeared for approximately six seconds at the 8:33 mark of the episode.
In the scene, the two men are seen walking across a street in 1880s Manhattan between the Van Rhijn and Russell residences. According to reports from Deadline and Yahoo, Damon wore a top hat, a white shirt with an ascot, a long coat, and slacks, and featured a mustache and sideburns. Letterman wore a bowler hat and an all-black ensemble, appearing with his existing beard.
Neither actor spoke during the appearance, and their names did not appear in the episode's credits.
The cameo was a collaboration between HBO and Netflix. According to reporting from Vulture, the appearance is tied to Damon's upcoming appearance on the seventh season of the Netflix show "My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman," which is scheduled to air later this year.
Executive producer Kate Churchill stated that the idea was proposed by production supervisor Leah Baker. Churchill noted, "It was a kind of hysterical moment when our production supervisor Leah Baker came up to me on set and was like, ‘Well, I have a kind of funny, interesting question: Would you like Dave Letterman and Matt Damon to be background on our set one day?’”
To ensure the cameo was not distracting, Churchill decided to film the appearance in a controlled manner during a shot of the main street that required background actors. The project required coordination between studios regarding scheduling and payment, as Damon is an A-list star. Churchill said, "There were a lot of emails going around, but people really locked arms, and both studios saw that it was a fun collaboration where we could help each other."
Isabel Richardson, the showrunner for "My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman," told Vulture that the opportunity was ideal because Damon started his career as a background actor.
Letterman has expressed a long-term interest in appearing as a background actor. According to Richardson, this interest was sparked after Letterman saw his friend, comedian Gary Mule Deer, in the background of the film Annie Hall.
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