Matt Damon reveals lessons learnt through Stillwater role

Matt Damon (Ian West/PA)

Matt Damon has said researching his film Stillwater taught him humans are connected, despite politicians “stoking the divides” in their own self-interest.

In Stillwater, the Hollywood star, 50, plays an Oklahoma oil rig worker who flies to France after his estranged daughter is arrested and falsely accused of murdering her girlfriend while studying in Marseille.