Netflix Pushes Action Set Pieces to Front: Matt Damon on 'The Rip'

Washington DC [US], January 18 (ANI): Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, who were recently seen in the Netflix film 'The Rip', shared their thoughts on how the streaming platform is changing the way action movies are filmed, Variety reported. The actor duo recently appeared on the 'Joe Rogan Experience' to promote their new Netflix film 'The Rip'. According to the outlet, during the podcast, Damon pointed out that because viewers give a "very different level of attention" to a movie at home versus in a theatre, Netflix wants to push the action set pieces toward the front of the runtime. He also said there are behind-the-scenes discussions about reiterating "the plot three or four times in the dialogue" to account for people being on their phones. "The standard way to make an action movie that we learned was, you usually have three set pieces. One in the first act, one in the second, one in the third," Damon explained. "You spend most of your money on that one in the third act. That's your finale. And now they're like, 'Can we get a big one in the first five minutes? We want people to stay. And it wouldn't be terrible if you reiterated the plot three or four times in the dialogue because people are on their phones while they're watching,'" added Damon as quoted by Variety.