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Steven Spielberg Wanted The Saving Private Ryan Cast To Resent Matt Damon
By WITNEY SEIBOLD
Steven Spielberg's 1998 war film "Saving Private Ryan" follows Captain John Miller and his platoon's attempt to rescue Matt Damon's Private James Ryan and bring him home.
Miller and his surviving platoon members greatly resent Private Ryan when they finally find him. As it so happens, the film's cast also resented Damon, thanks to Spielberg.
In a Far Out interview, Damon said, "[Spielberg] made me not go to boot camp so that the other guys would resent me. They all went through this experience, and they all bonded."
He added, "Because I was the character they were looking for, and they resented this guy that they were risking their lives to go find, Steven purposefully kept me away from them."