Sarah Silverman Recollects Whirlwind 3 Hours She Had Taking pictures F—ing Matt Damon Music Video

Sarah Silverman remembers the transient few hours she had in Miami to shoot the now-iconic “F—ing Matt Damon’ video for then-boyfriend Jimmy Kimmel’s late night time present.

Whereas showing on Ted Danson’s “The place Everyone Is aware of Your Title” podcast, Silverman recalled how rapidly she needed to work whereas touring in Miami to get the video put collectively to shock Kimmel on his present. She put it along with some writers in a single day and had a mere three hours to shoot it with Damon in a resort the following day.

“We wrote the track like in a fury and recorded it, and one of many man’s did Matt’s voice,” Silverman mentioned. “Then we had three hours at this resort the following morning and Matt had given us additionally three hours as a result of he had a tough out at midday as a result of his daughter had a Halloween pageant.”

She continued: “He got here in and realized it in a closet in one of many resort rooms, recorded his half, after which we simply performed the audio and lip-synced it, and we had like 4 completely different areas. It was run-and-gun and it got here out so nice.”

Your complete shoot needed to be finished behind Kimmel’s again. Silverman remembered having to lie about what she was as much as in Miami whereas she labored on the track and shot the video with Damon.

“I bear in mind I needed to misinform him about the place I used to be on tour,” she mentioned. “I’m not good at that in any respect. But it surely was simply ‘okay decide to this.’”

The dedication, sneaking round, and run-and-gun nature of the fast shoot positively paid off for each Silverman and “Jimmy Kimmel Reside.” She gained her first Emmy for “F—ing Matt Damon” for Excellent Authentic Music and Lyrics in 2008.