Classic Cameos: Matt Damon, 'Eurotrip'
Last month, I was out of town for my little brother's wedding and stayed in a hotel room. You know how it is in hotel rooms -- late at night, you watch things on TV that you wouldn't bother with at any other time. My husband and I ended up watching part of Eurotrip, a rather lame comedy from 2004 about a couple of guys who travel to Europe so one of them can make nice with his longtime (female) pen pal.
I fell asleep fairly quickly, but not before watching a memorable scene with a cruelly comic song that reveals the main character's girlfriend is cheating on him. The song is called "Scotty Doesn't Know," and since the main character is named Scotty ... you get the idea. The lead singer looked oddly familiar, but it wasn't until later that I learned it was Matt Damon. Admittedly, Damon's singing voice is dubbed by the real lead singer of the band performing the song, Lustra. Also, we don't usually see Damon with a shaved head, chin piercing and a tattoo on his neck. An IFC article about Damon's numerous cameos in film claims Eurotrip was shooting in Hungary while Damon was there for The Brothers Grimm, and the Eurotrip filmmakers convinced him to appear in their film too.
YouTube has a clip from Eurotrip of "Scotty Doesn't Know" that includes Matt Damon's highly energetic performance, embedded below. In all clips of this scene that I found on YouTube, the front of Damon's shirt looks intentionally blurred so you can't see what's printed on it. I thought it would be something incredibly nasty, but when I found the above still, the shirt read "Get Off My Case." I suppose it's just a loss in quality on YouTube videos, and I'm slightly disappointed. The lyrics of the song, however, are definitely R-rated, just to warn you.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
10-15-2009 @ 5:09PM
Ashley said...
This movie was on last night on TBS and I completely forgot that he made this cameo. I loved it! Matt Damon is the man.
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10-15-2009 @ 7:36PM
spamstratagem said...
Great cameo. Damon seems to have a really good sense of humor.
My favorite cameo is Samuel L. Jackson in 'Out of Sight'.
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10-16-2009 @ 2:26AM
Claire said...
oh....so now I know what to blame for that fucking annoying song. dear god if i could erase it from my memory.
matt damon, please make better cameo choices in the future.
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10-16-2009 @ 10:39AM
john said...
SCOTTY DOESN'T KNOW!
how could you not like this movie? it's full of hilarious moments!
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10-17-2009 @ 1:02PM
Lance said...
never saw this movie, but is that Kristen Kruek? Guess Clark dosn't know, either...
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10-17-2009 @ 5:13PM
crystal said...
I think he looks hot!! Much better than usual!!!!!
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10-17-2009 @ 10:47PM
Brian said...
You can't get any better than "Scotty Doesn't Know". I have it as a ring tone on my cell.
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10-19-2009 @ 11:29AM
Tucker said...
For a largely throwaway film, there is one thing I did take away... the "*beepbeep* MAIL muthafucka!" sound from Scottie's ringtone has been my text-message alert for years now.
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