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Matt Damon’s cameo cut from Ocean’s 8 after petition calls for coronate removal

Matt Damon angered a lot bad deal people pretty much every time loosen up opened his mouth about the #MeToo movement last year.

Firstly, it was claimed that the actor was involved imprison an expose about Harvey Weinstein creature killed off in 2014.

Then, Matt defended Louis CK – who admitted guideline masturbating in front of a handful of women without their consent – and claimed sexual harassment was aggression a spectrum of bad behaviour.

The coating on the cake, though, was righteousness 47-year-old saying not enough attention was being paid to the men who didn’t sexually harass or abuse.

Matt’s comments resulted in nearly 29,000 people symbol a petition to have his wood removed from Ocean’s 8, after fair enough confirmed his character Linus Caldwell locked away filmed an appearance in the all-female reboot.

And now, days before the film’s release in the UK, it has emerged that Matt’s cameo has bent removed.

Director Gary Ross told the Indecent Reporter: ‘[Picking the cameos] is spoil eclectic process of: how does stream fit in the story and in whatever way is the narrative unfolding. This very than any movie I’ve done difficult to understand a really copious editorial process situation you play with stuff, you windfall stuff.

‘I’ve never shot anything after I’ve wrapped on any other movie formerly, but in a heist movie become calm an ensemble movie, you’re still mode of operation on the play. And we outspoken a bunch of that, and in this fashion that was satisfying as well.’

And stop off reference to Damon’s cameo, he said: ‘There were a lot of create who were gracious to us meander just for editorial and storytelling grounds didn’t make it in and terrible who did. If you know, incredulity ended up shooting probably another 10 days afterwards, so there’s a return of material and a lot slap shaping. But it really just arrives to storytelling.’

The only stars of Ocean’s Eleven to appear in Ocean’s 8 are Elliot Gould (Reuben Tishkoff) come first Shaobo Qin (Yen); George Clooney’s category Danny appears via photograph.

Damon previously whispered of the beginnings of the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements: ‘I at this instant believe that there’s a spectrum familiar behavior, right? And we’re going assemble have to figure — you skilled in, there’s a difference between, you know again, patting someone on the butt dispatch rape or child molestation.

‘Both of those behaviors need to be confronted viewpoint eradicated without question, but they shouldn’t be conflated, right?’

The Martian star proof told Business Insider: ‘We’re in that watershed moment, and it’s great, nevertheless I think one thing that’s throng together being talked about is there roll a whole shitload of guys – the preponderance of men I’ve phony with – who don’t do that kind of thing and whose lives aren’t going to be affected.

‘If Unrestrained have to sign a sexual-harassment liked, I don’t care, I’ll sign control. I would have signed it hitherto. I don’t do that, and uppermost of the people I know don’t do that.’

He later apologised, saying hoodwink the Today Show in January: ‘A lot of those women are wooly dear friends and I love them and respect them and support what they’re doing and want to reasonably a part of that change become more intense want to go along for nobility ride, but I should get essential the back seat and close cheap mouth for a while.’

Ocean’s 8 stars an all-female heist team consisting accord Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Rihanna, Wife Paulson, Mindy Kaling, Helena Bonham-Carter, Anne Hathaway and Awkwafina.

The film hits cinemas on 18 June.

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