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| Matt Damon dismisses 'dated' Bond | Matt Damon dismisses 'dated' Bond |
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| Hollywood star Matt Damon has dismissed James Bond as being stuck in the past. | Hollywood star Matt Damon has dismissed James Bond as being stuck in the past. |
| The actor, who appears in the Bourne thrillers, said: "The Bond character will always be anchored in the 1960s and in the values of the 1960s." | The actor, who appears in the Bourne thrillers, said: "The Bond character will always be anchored in the 1960s and in the values of the 1960s." |
| The suave spy was "so anachronistic when you put it in the world we live in today", he said, but added that Bourne was no better or worse than Bond. | The suave spy was "so anachronistic when you put it in the world we live in today", he said, but added that Bourne was no better or worse than Bond. |
| Damon was speaking in London, where The Bourne Ultimatum, the third film in the franchise, is having its UK premiere. | Damon was speaking in London, where The Bourne Ultimatum, the third film in the franchise, is having its UK premiere. |
| "Bond is an imperialist and a misogynist who kills people and laughs about it, and drinks Martinis and cracks jokes," he told reporters. | "Bond is an imperialist and a misogynist who kills people and laughs about it, and drinks Martinis and cracks jokes," he told reporters. |
| Bond is an imperialist and a misogynist who kills people and laughs about it, and drinks Martinis and cracks jokes Matt Damon In pictures: Film premiere | Bond is an imperialist and a misogynist who kills people and laughs about it, and drinks Martinis and cracks jokes Matt Damon In pictures: Film premiere |
| "Bourne is a serial monogamist whose girlfriend is dead and he does nothing but think about her." | "Bourne is a serial monogamist whose girlfriend is dead and he does nothing but think about her." |
| He added that Bourne "doesn't have the support of gadgets, and he feels guilty for what he's done". | He added that Bourne "doesn't have the support of gadgets, and he feels guilty for what he's done". |
| The first two Bourne outings - The Bourne Identity and The Bourne Supremacy - made more than $500m (£250m) at the worldwide box office. | |
| The latest instalment went straight to the top of the North American box office chart. | The latest instalment went straight to the top of the North American box office chart. |
| Damon said he had not ruled out returning for a fourth film - provided that the British director Paul Greengrass also returned to the project. | Damon said he had not ruled out returning for a fourth film - provided that the British director Paul Greengrass also returned to the project. |
| Greengrass said: "The Bourne franchise is not about wearing Prada suits and looking at women coming out of the sea with bikinis on. It's about essence and truth, not frippery and surface." | Greengrass said: "The Bourne franchise is not about wearing Prada suits and looking at women coming out of the sea with bikinis on. It's about essence and truth, not frippery and surface." |