{"id":262136,"date":"2025-07-13T17:38:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T17:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/262136\/"},"modified":"2025-07-13T17:38:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T17:38:16","slug":"hollywood-legend-spotted-in-edinburgh-as-locals-gush-over-down-to-earth-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/262136\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood legend spotted in Edinburgh as locals gush over ‘down to earth’ star"},"content":{"rendered":"

Matt Damon has been spotted in the Capital while he takes a break from filming his latest movie, The Odyssey.\"MattMatt Damon paid a visit to Locanda De Gusti in Dalry(Image: Locanda De Gusti)<\/p>\n

A Hollywood legend<\/a> has been spotted in Edinburgh over the weekend with locals praising the ‘lovely and charming’ A-lister actor. Matt Damon <\/a>reportedly stopped in a Dalry restaurant and made his way to a Midlothian attraction.<\/p>\n

Those who met the 54-year-old actor said that he was ‘even more down to earth than you’d expect’. The Good Will Hunting star is understood to currently be on a break from filming The Odyssey in Moray at the moment, and is enjoying what Scotland has to offer with his family.<\/p>\n

The highly anticipated Christopher Nolan films stars Damon as Odysseus, the king of Ithaca and also features other big stars including Tom Holland<\/a>, Zendaya, Charlize Theron and Robert Pattinson, Edinburgh Live<\/a> reports. During his break, Matt was spotted at Locanda De Gusti in Dalry as he ‘popped in for lunch’ on Saturday, July 12. He also visited the alpine coaster in Midlothian for some ‘action movie-worthy fun’.<\/p>\n

Sharing his visit on Facebook, Locanda De Gusti said: “Casual Saturday in the office\u2026 just us, the team, and Matt Damon popping in for lunch with his family. No big deal.<\/p>\n

\"MattMatt Damon stopped off at the alpine coaster with his family(Image: Midlothian Council)<\/p>\n

“Spoiler alert: they were absolutely lovely, charming, and yes – somehow even more down to earth than you\u2019d expect from someone who\u2019s been to Mars and saved Private Ryan.<\/p>\n

“Safe to say the team\u2019s productivity went out the window for a minute, but hey – wouldn\u2019t you be distracted if Jason Bourne was asking for an Aperol Spritz!<\/p>\n

“Good food, good vibes, and just your average day serving Hollywood superstar.”<\/p>\n

Also posting to Facebook, Midlothian Council said: “Which Hollywood star did we welcome today on our alpine coaster?<\/p>\n

“When you\u2019ve starred in Jason Bourne and Ocean\u2019s 11, high-speed thrills are just part of the job.<\/p>\n

“But even Oscar-winner Matt Damon couldn\u2019t resist the rush of our Alpine Coaster at Midlothian Snowsports Centre! Matt and his family took on our top attraction today \u2014 and let\u2019s just say, they enjoyed action-movie-worthy fun from start to finish!<\/p>\n

“We loved having them, and if you haven\u2019t tried it yet\u2026 what are you waiting for?”<\/p>\n

Local residents rushed to the comments as one wrote: “How amazing!”<\/p>\n

Another exclaimed: “OMG, Jason Bourne!”<\/p>\n

A third gushed: “Wow, you’re doing something right to attract Hollywood stars, keep up the great work!”<\/p>\n

A fourth added: “Legend. Gutted to have missed you Matt!”<\/p>\n

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Damon’s first acting roles came in the late 80s but he gained prominence in the world of acting for his 1997 role in Good Will Hunting which he and Ben Affleck both co-wrote and starred in.<\/p>\n

This is widely known as Damon’s breakthrough role which also earned him an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Screenplay.<\/p>\n

After this, Damon further solidified his leading man status with roles in films such as The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), the Bourne franchise (2002-2007, 2016), and the Ocean’s trilogy (2001-2007).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Matt Damon has been spotted in the Capital while he takes a break from filming his latest movie,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262137,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,4080,1102,4884,22536,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-262136","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-edinburgh","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-midlothian-council","13":"tag-scotland","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114847147995218808","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}