If I'm being generous, that's arguably the reason why he gets cast. He's not fantastic, but he's the definition of inoffensive to the average movie-goer. He rocks up, does his job, goes home. He doesn't excel. He doesn't really fuck up either though. It's consistently middling, and sometimes that consistency is what sells, rather than some actors that need the role to be right for them rather than the other way around.
Of all the worst actors to cast as Odysseus… that alone is enough to make me lose complete interest
Damon has to have dirt on somebody. He is the most bland guy ever and he has received dozens of starring roles.
If I'm being generous, that's arguably the reason why he gets cast. He's not fantastic, but he's the definition of inoffensive to the average movie-goer. He rocks up, does his job, goes home. He doesn't excel. He doesn't really fuck up either though. It's consistently middling, and sometimes that consistency is what sells, rather than some actors that need the role to be right for them rather than the other way around.
He's the manliest looking Hollywood line toeing robot that's over 40