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When “Contagion” came to the cinema before 2012, the pandemic voltage film did not become a flop on the box office. But then he didn’t play much more than his costs. Despite mega cast. Matt Damon, Marion Cotillard, Kate Winslet, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, Bryan Cranston and Gwyneth Paltrow. But: has “Contagion” predicted the Corona pandemic?
The moment that it turned out that Covid-19 would not only remain a Chinese problem, but also concerns the whole world, Soderbergh’s thriller appeared as an foresight of what awaits us. And so the film developed almost logically into a real streaming hit. Who was looked almost as often as the “Harry Potter” series.
One should only have asked the scientists …
“Contagion” star Matt Damon believes that success occurred primarily because the film has the Coronavirus pandemic “Prophecies”.
“Anyone who says they couldn’t predict that. I mean, just look at ‘Contagion’,” said Damon in an interview with the Irish radio station “Spin 1038”. “Ten years ago we made a film by simply talking to experts and asking them something. ‘How would that look like? And how would it work?’ So it is shattering that the whole thing is tragic.
For the actor, the new pathogen is also a private problem, because according to Damon’s information, his daughter Alexia was “early” tested for the coronavirus last year, as well as her roommates in New York City. She “survived it well,” he added, emphasizing that you would soon meet again. However, it is scary to be as far away from it and to do nothing. Matt Damon lives with his family in Ireland.