Here's a few pics of Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman while filming Invictus. Freeman looks quite similar to Mandela in terms of appearance but although Matt Damon is a fine actor, he is considerably smaller than Francois Pienaar in size. I hope some creative camera angles while filming the movie solved this problem. :)
Invictus trailer
 Matt Damon as Francois Pienaar |  Francois Pienaar |
 Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela |  Nelson Mandela |
The real Nelson Mandela and Francois Pienaar after South Africa won the Rugby World Cup in 1995.
Pics source for Damon/Freeman: Socialyz
The movie is based on John Carlin's book, Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game that Made a Nation.
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I carried this story, with these pics, early May 2009 at my blog socialyz.com
ReplyDeleteJust thought Id let you know I sourced the pics from a guy who worked on the movie, they are also posted on IMDB, somewhere on the forums.
Cant credit him though as he doesnt have a site to link to but theyre awesome pics!
Hi Joe
ReplyDeleteThanks for the message.
I visited your site and found the relevant blog post (nice site by the way!). I've now credited your site accordingly.
Will be interesting to see if Damon nails the SA accent. Foreign actors tend to stuff it up royally.
I can't wait to see this film. Invictus has a really cool Facebook fan page too! Definately worth a look if you like the movie! http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=invictus&init=quick#/invictus?v=wall&ref=search
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