Without giving too much of it away, its Bourne through an austerity-riddled Europe and in a post-Snowden world, Damon said. It seems like enough has changed, you know? There are all these kinds of arguments about spying and civil liberties and the nature of democracy.
As for the new Bourne film, actors Tommy Lee Jones and Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina) are reportedly joining the cast, and Julia Stiles is set to reprise her role of ex-CIA agent Nicky Parsons, which shes played since 2002s The Bourne Identity. But while Damon was reticent to reveal more details about the movie, he did hint that the new films exploration of national security and politics in the 21st century would be reflected in the radically different locations that will bookend the films story.
Were starting in Greece, you know, the beginning of democracy, he said also a nod to the countrys current financial crisis that is plaguing the greater European economy. And the movie ends in Las Vegas, the most grotesque incarnation of
. Damon trailed off with a laugh, content to let others fill in whichever institution theyd most prefer to see Jason Bourne dismantle with just his quick wits and fleet fists.