Chris Hemsworth and Matt Damon bring their bromance to Santa Monica and share sweet hug after dinner

The bromance is still going strong between Spiderhead producer-star Chris Hemsworth and Air producer-star Matt Damon, who embraced after reuniting for dinner at Italian restaurant Via Veneto in Santa Monica on Friday night.

The Australian 39-year-old and the Cambridge-born 52-year-old have been friends for over a decade and co-starred in three films – Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019), and Thor: Ragnarok (2017).

‘We became friends around the time I started to work, and I’ve really benefited from watching how he handles himself,’ Chris told GQ back in 2014.

‘Matt’s just a normal guy who has the movie-star thing figured out.’

Joining the talented twosome for dinner was Matt’s wife of 17 years – Luciana Bozán Barroso – who wore a beige vest with baggy khaki cargo pants and black boots.

Bromance still going strong! Spiderhead producer-star Chris Hemsworth (L) and Air producer-star Matt Damon (R) embraced after reuniting for dinner at Italian restaurant Via Veneto in Santa Monica on Friday night

Cute: The Australian 39-year-old (L) and the Cambridge-born 52-year-old (M) have been friends for over a decade and co-starred in three films - Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019), and Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

Cute: The Australian 39-year-old (L) and the Cambridge-born 52-year-old (M) have been friends for over a decade and co-starred in three films – Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019), and Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

Damon originally met the Argentinian 46-year-old in 2003 while she was bartending at a nightclub in South Beach Miami where he’d been filming the Farrelly Brothers’ conjoined twin comedy Stuck On You.

At the time, Luciana was still technically married to Arbello Barroso, with whom she was raising then four-year-old daughter Alexia, but their divorce was finalized in December 2004 – one year before she wed the Oscar-winning screenwriter.

Matt and Bozán – who never go more than two weeks apart – went on to welcome three daughters of their own: Isabella, turning 17 next Sunday; Gia, 14; and Stella, 12.

Hemsworth has three children – 11-year-old daughter India Rose and nine-year-old twin sons Sasha + Tristan – from his 12-year marriage to Poker Face actress Elsa Pataky.

The Centr app founder originally met the Spanish 46-year-old in 2010 through their agents.

On Friday, Chris – who normally relies on fitness trainer Luke Zocchi in his native country – enjoyed a jet-lagged workout at rival trainer Grant Roberts’ gym in Los Angeles.

Hemsworth shared a video of himself exercising his Adonis-like, muscular 6ft3in physique for the viewing pleasure of his captive, combined 94.5M social media followers.

The former soap star will next reprise his role as Tyler Rake, a former SASR operator turned black ops mercenary, in Extraction 2, which premieres June 16 on Netflix.

Chris told GQ back in 2014: 'We became friends around the time I started to work, and I've really benefited from watching how he handles himself. Matt's just a normal guy who has the movie-star thing figured out'

Chris told GQ back in 2014: ‘We became friends around the time I started to work, and I’ve really benefited from watching how he handles himself. Matt’s just a normal guy who has the movie-star thing figured out’

Catching up: The pair also chatted with a man wearing a Deux Ex Machina Custom Motorcycles T-shirt

Catching up: The pair also chatted with a man wearing a Deux Ex Machina Custom Motorcycles T-shirt

17 years strong! Joining the talented twosome for dinner was Matt's wife Luciana Bozán Barroso, who wore a beige vest with baggy khaki cargo pants and black boots

17 years strong! Joining the talented twosome for dinner was Matt’s wife Luciana Bozán Barroso, who wore a beige vest with baggy khaki cargo pants and black boots

March 27 family portrait: Damon fathered three daughters - Isabella (2-R), turning 17 next Sunday; Gia (not pictured), 14; and Stella (M), 12 - and he's stepfather to the Argentinian 46-year-old's 24-year-old daughter Alexia Barroso (L)

March 27 family portrait: Damon fathered three daughters – Isabella (2-R), turning 17 next Sunday; Gia (not pictured), 14; and Stella (M), 12 – and he’s stepfather to the Argentinian 46-year-old’s 24-year-old daughter Alexia Barroso (L)

March 19 family portrait: Meanwhile, Hemsworth has three children - 11-year-old daughter India Rose and nine-year-old twin sons Sasha + Tristan - from his 12-year marriage to Spanish-born actress Elsa Pataky

March 19 family portrait: Meanwhile, Hemsworth has three children – 11-year-old daughter India Rose and nine-year-old twin sons Sasha + Tristan – from his 12-year marriage to Spanish-born actress Elsa Pataky

'Just landed in LA!' On Friday, the Centr app founder - who normally relies on fitness trainer Luke Zocchi in his native country - enjoyed a jet-lagged workout at rival trainer Grant Roberts' gym in LA

‘Just landed in LA!’ On Friday, the Centr app founder – who normally relies on fitness trainer Luke Zocchi in his native country – enjoyed a jet-lagged workout at rival trainer Grant Roberts’ gym in LA

Chris shared a video of himself exercising his Adonis-like, muscular 6ft3in physique for the viewing pleasure of his captive, combined 94.5M social media followers

'Just landed in LA, went 12 rounds with jetlag and lost via split decision. Looking forward to an immediate rematch. Big thanks to @grantrobertsfit for letting us use the gym!'

‘Went 12 rounds’: Chris shared a video of himself exercising his Adonis-like, muscular 6ft3in physique for the viewing pleasure of his captive, combined 94.5M social media followers

Premiering June 16 on Netflix! Hemsworth produced and reprised his role as Tyler Rake, a former SASR operator turned black ops mercenary, in Sam Hargrave's sequel Extraction 2

Premiering June 16 on Netflix! Hemsworth produced and reprised his role as Tyler Rake, a former SASR operator turned black ops mercenary, in Sam Hargrave’s sequel Extraction 2

Hitting UK/US theaters July 21! The Oscar-winning screenwriter reportedly earned $4M plus backend participation for his role as Lieutenant General Leslie Groves Jr., who directed the Manhattan project with nuclear physicist Robert Oppenheimer (L, Cillian Murphy), in Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer

Hitting UK/US theaters July 21! The Oscar-winning screenwriter reportedly earned $4M plus backend participation for his role as Lieutenant General Leslie Groves Jr., who directed the Manhattan project with nuclear physicist Robert Oppenheimer (L, Cillian Murphy), in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer

Chris also produced Sam Hargrave’s sequel – mostly set in a deadly prison – was based on Ande Parks and the Russo Brothers’ 2014 graphic novel Ciudad.

Hargrave’s 2020 original film Extraction was streamed by 99M households in its first four weeks of release despite only scoring a 67% critic approval rating (out of 218 reviews) on Rotten Tomatoes.

On October 27, Hemsworth wrapped his mystery role in George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road prequel Furiosa – which doesn’t hit theaters until May 24, 2024.

Damon reportedly earned $4M plus backend participation for his role as Lieutenant General Leslie Groves Jr., who directed the Manhattan project with nuclear physicist Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy), in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer hitting UK/US theaters July 21.

The $100M-budget IMAX 65mm film about nuclear weapons – based on Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin’s 2005 book American Prometheus – also stars Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh, Rami Malek, Josh Hartnett, Kenneth Branagh, and Gary Oldman.

The two-time Golden Globe winner also has upcoming roles in Ethan Coen’s road trip comedy Drive-Away Dolls and John Krasinski’s comedy Imaginary Friends.



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