Matt Damon is smitten with the seaside suburb of Dalkey, Eire, the place he, his spouse, Luciana Barroso, and three youngest daughters have been in quarantine through the coronavirus pandemic.
“It appears like a fairy story right here,” the “Contagion” star informed native radio station Spin 1038. “This is among the most lovely locations we’ve ever been.”
Damon, 49, whose shut buddy Bono has a home in the identical city, mentioned he was suggested to remain inside two kilometers from his home throughout lockdown.
“I imply two kilometers of right here there’s tress and forests and woods and oceans, I can’t consider anywhere else you’d moderately wish to be in a 2 kilometer radius of,” he mentioned.
The film star mentioned Dalkey shut down inside days of him and his household arriving there, so he has not been capable of take pleasure in all that it has to supply. Nevertheless, he did get to go to a bookstore and an area espresso store, the place he mentioned he turned pleasant with a barista.
“She mentioned, which I assumed was actually attention-grabbing as a result of I labored at a counter, certainly one of my first jobs, she mentioned, ‘Usually this place is basically buzzing and I’ve truly gotten to know all of my prospects as a result of every are available for 3 to 5 minutes and we chat,’” Damon shared.
The “Jason Bourne” star’s keep in Eire will finish quickly, nevertheless, as a result of they plan to reunite together with his stepdaughter, Alexia, who just lately contracted the coronavirus whereas attending school in New York.
“We’ve bought the three youthful ones and our oldest one, we’ll reunite along with her on the finish of the month … however all people’s okay,” Damon mentioned. “We’re going to return to Los Angeles and [Alexia is] going to come back out so we’ll all be collectively and work out what the heck we’re going to do. It’s such an odd limbo that we’re all in.”
He then praised Eire’s Taoiseach Leo Varadkar — the nation’s prime minister — for a way he has dealt with the pandemic.
“You’ve bought a president who simply goes to the hospital and begins working,” the actor mentioned. “I imply what a badass, it’s simply on one other stage.”