The last time Matt Damon and Ben Affleck shared a screenwriting credit they won an Oscar for “Good Will Hunting.” Now, two decades later, the real-life friends and Hollywood A-listers have reunited for another script: Damon and Affleck, along with acclaimed writer-director Nicole Holofcener are the screenwriters behind “The Last Duel,” the new medieval drama from director Ridley Scott.
Based on true events, “The Last Duel” focuses on France’s last-ever sanctioned duel between Jean de Carrouges (played by Damon) and Jacques Le Gris (Adam Driver), two former friends whose relationship is undone after Le Gris sexually assaults de Carrouges’ wife, Marguerite (Jodie Comer). Le Gris denies the accusation, but Marguerite “refuses to stay silent,” according to the official plot summary released by 20th Century Studios, “stepping forward to accuse her attacker, an act of bravery and defiance that puts her life in jeopardy. The ensuing trial by combat, a grueling duel to the death,...
Based on true events, “The Last Duel” focuses on France’s last-ever sanctioned duel between Jean de Carrouges (played by Damon) and Jacques Le Gris (Adam Driver), two former friends whose relationship is undone after Le Gris sexually assaults de Carrouges’ wife, Marguerite (Jodie Comer). Le Gris denies the accusation, but Marguerite “refuses to stay silent,” according to the official plot summary released by 20th Century Studios, “stepping forward to accuse her attacker, an act of bravery and defiance that puts her life in jeopardy. The ensuing trial by combat, a grueling duel to the death,...
- 8/1/2021
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
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