“I believe,” says Bill Simmons, in the ad for his new HBO series Any Given Wednesday, “that every DiCaprio movie would be just a little bit better as a Matt Damon movie.” An outlandish statement that makes one wonder what that version of The Revenant would look like, but is also not without some truth. Simmons has long offered the theory that Matt Damon could play any Leo role, but Leo would never be able to sub in for Damon in, say, The Martian. He’s probably right. That hardly makes Damon the better actor, but it signals his versatility, as well as his unique appeal. With his winsome style, Damon can charm us as the sociopathic Tom Ripley, make us fall for the dopey LaBoeuf in True Grit, and imbue the personality-free Jason Bourne with enough life to make audiences crave his return nearly a decade after The Bourne Ultimatum.

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