Actor Matt Damon was planning to take a break from acting, but then Christopher Nolan called and offered him a role in his new movie, Oppenheimer. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Damon said he and his wife agreed in couples therapy that he would take time off from acting–with one exception. Should Nolan come calling, Damon would be able to break his agreement and return to acting, and that’s exactly what happened.
“I had negotiated extensively with my wife that I was taking time off. I had been in Interstellar, then Chris put me on ice for a couple movies. I actually negotiated in couples therapy that the one caveat to me taking time off was if Chris Nolan called,” Damon said. “This was without knowing whether or not he was working on anything, because he never tells you.”