Hollywood actor Matt Damon crossed paths with Supreme Court docket Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson throughout a Harvard drama class.
Jackson claimed that she and the Oscar winner had been paired as scene companions throughout a course on the prestigious Ivy League college.
“He’s not going to recollect this, after all, however… for ‘Ready for Godot,’” Jackson shared with “CBS Sunday Morning.”
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The “Oppenheimer” star was scene companions with Supreme Court docket Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson after they each attended Harvard. (Getty Pictures)
“The explanation why I bear in mind it’s as a result of he was already type of well-known round campus and off campus, so it was type of thrilling to be his scene accomplice for a specific class.”
The “Bourne Id” actor was a yr forward of Jackson, she added. Jackson recalled that she and Damon memorized the scene from Samuel Beckett’s absurdist play.
“On the finish, the professor stated, ‘Ketanji, you had been superb. Matt, we’ll speak.’ I used to be like, ‘Oh my God, I used to be higher than Matt Damon in a scene!”
Supreme Court docket Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson earned a Bachelor’s diploma in authorities whereas attending Harvard. (AP Picture/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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“On the finish, the professor stated, ‘Ketanji, you had been superb. Matt, we’ll speak,’” she claimed, laughing. “I used to be like, ‘Oh my God, I used to be higher than Matt Damon in a scene!’”
Reps for Damon and Jackson didn’t instantly reply to Fox Information Digital’s requests for remark.
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In 2022, a rep for Damon stated the actor didn’t bear in mind working with Jackson at Harvard however was nonetheless excited concerning the story.
“That’s so cool!” Damon informed The Related Press on the time. That very same yr, Jackson was sworn in because the nation’s first Black feminine justice.
Matt Damon left Harvard earlier than ending his diploma. (Samir Hussein/WireImage/Getty Pictures)
Damon didn’t end his undergrad programs at Harvard College. He was reportedly 12 credit in need of graduating in an effort to star in “Geronimo: An American Legend.”
Following his college days, the Hollywood actor starred in quite a few Oscar-nominated movies. He received the Academy Award alongside his good pal Ben Affleck for his or her standard screenplay, “Good Will Searching.”
(Matt Damon, left, and good pal Ben Affleck received an Oscar for his or her standard screenplay, “Good Will Searching.”)
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Most lately, Damon starred in director Christopher Nolan’s movie “Oppenheimer,” which received finest image at this yr’s Oscars. Damon starred alongside Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt and different Hollywood celebrities.
