And these guys are the opposite."

Plus, it gave him the chance to work with Damon again.

“I just thought there was the opportunity to do something really special here,” the director says.

Matt Damon and Casey Affleck in the Apple TV+ film The Instigators.

Matt Damon (L) and Casey Affleck in ‘The Instigators’.Apple TV+

“From the beginning, I saw it was going to be a different kind of heist film.

It also provided a chance to do an interesting foil of the amnesiac superspy Damon played inBourne.

“So it was fun to just do something that’s in such a different lane.

He obviously can be a big action leading man, but he’s also really funny.”

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The film will debut in select theaters on Aug. 2 before streaming globally on Apple TV+ on Aug. 9.