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Costar: Matt Saved My Life
Wednesday December 20, 2006

Matt Damon and Mark Ivanir
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Matt Damon: Hollywood star, husband, father...hero!

The actor’s Good Shepherd costar Mark Ivanir, 38, tells Us Weekly that Damon, 36, saved his life while filming the Cold War-set drama.

In one scene, Ivanir, who plays a KGB officer, is tortured by three CIA agents who cut off his clothes with scissors, hold him down, put a burlap bag over his head and douse his naked body with freezing water.

“Matt told me, ‘We should have a warning sign if you feel like you’re really in danger. You really could get hurt with that mask suffocating your face,'” Ivanir tells Us.

“Sure enough, if Matt hadn’t thought of an alert to stop filming, I really would have passed out and died. It would have been great publicity for the film, but not so good for my career!”

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