![]() If you’re looking to get an inside look on all the action of The Bourne Ultimatum, buy the movie on 4k Ultra HD, DVD, Digital, or Blu-ray TM to watch all of the behind-the-scenes content and exclusives. Despite that, no actors were harmed during the making of this scene. With the addition of sound effects, you’ll actually believe that there was a legit brawl on set. ![]() Even though no actual punches were thrown, you can still feel the impact while watching the movie. With all the choreography and props thrown into the mix, The Bourne Ultimatum crew was able to create a truly believable fight scene between Matt Damon and Joey Ansah. Whether it be a hardcover book or a pedestal ashtray, everything was free game for Bourne. Who can forget when Jason Bourne used a pen during one of the most memorable fight scenes in The Bourne Identity? In The Bourne Ultimatum, the crew wanted to make everything a potential weapon for Bourne. It’s more for me like learning a dance.” It may be a dance to Matt Damon, but on-screen, it’s all about fighting for Jason Bourne.Īs you will see in this featurette, using things found in the environment to fight has become one of the key staples of the Bourne franchise. “I’m never going to learn how to really fight, and it’s not about that. They had to make the fight as realistic as possible without forgetting the staging and movements they had went over prior to the shoot. Obviously, Damon and Ansah weren’t practicing for a recital while filming The Bourne Ultimatum. Staging a fight scene is almost like choregraphing a dance – there’s a routine you have to follow, and you are working alongside a partner to get the proper rhythm down. When you see Matt Damon and Joey Ansah actually filming the scene, it is at a much slower pace than what you would have expected. Of course, though, these scenes are sped up in post-production. As you can tell, the punches and kicks are extremely fast and can be quite brutal to an opponent when successfully landed. According to fight stunt coordinator Jeff Imada, “the type of martial arts we’re using in the Bourne films have been basically a background in Filipino Kali a bit of Bruce Lee stuff tied in.” However, this isn’t your typical kind of combat. What you’ll learn while watching this Bourne exclusive is that there is a specific fighting-style that has been used for all of the installments in the Bourne trilogy. Check out the “Planning the Punches” extra in our “Making of Featurettes” section to see how some of the fight scenes from The Bourne Ultimatum were meticulously planned and choregraphed for actors like Joey Ansah himself. For Joey Ansah, who plays Desh in The Bourne Ultimatum, that was just another day at the office. By contrast, Jason Bourne is a character that comes across as a more realistic human being because he carries the weight of his pretty bad life with him wherever he goes.It’s not every day that you get to say that you got to fight Jason Bourne. In Damon's eyes, James Bond's entire persona seems antiquated and almost cartoonish in how he can drink, womanize and kill with complete impunity. ![]() Of course, he has a certain degree of bias because he actually portrays the character of Jason Bourne, but Matt Damon admits to having a preference for the amnesiac assassin because he feels far more grounded in the modern world. And Bourne would obviously win in a fight. Whereas Jason Bourne is a serial monogamist - and he's tortured by the things he's done and feels empathy and compassion for other people. Daniel's Bond has upgraded him and brought him more into the present, but, classically, that character is a misogynist who likes swilling martinis and killing people and not giving a shit. Bourne has today's values Bond has the values of the 1960s. ![]() Speaking with GQ, Matt Damon drew sharp comparisons between Jason Bourne and James Bond to explain why he prefers the former to the latter. ![]()
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