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Matt Damon’s tattoo collection has a special connection to the lateHeath Ledger.
TheStillwaterstar, 50, opened up about his body art in hisOctober cover story withGQ, revealing that he and his wifeLucianaboth got a tattoo that Ledger had designed before his 2008 death.
The revelation came as Damon was speaking about getting his first tattoo — the word “Lucy” inked on his upper right arm in honor of his wife. Damon said that the ink was a result of a spontaneous decision Luciana had made one day in 2013.
“She just announced it,” he recalled. “We were in our apartment in Manhattan, and she was, like, ‘We’re getting tattoos.’ I was, ‘Okay.’ "
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As it turned out, Damon walked away with two tattoos that day after seeing a sketch Ledger had done on Campbell’s computer.
“That’s something that Heath had on his arm,” Damon said of an abstract design that also sits on his right arm. “Heath was an incredibly restless, creative person.”
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“He was really sensitive. This stuff just flowed out of him. He was really special,” continued Damon, who starred alongside Ledger in the 2005 filmThe Brothers Grimm.
“I just wanted to get something that Heath had,” he remembered. “Scott showed me his laptop and I said, ‘Scott, what’s that one?’ And he goes ‘I have no idea— I think that’s just some s— that Heath squiggled.’ And I went, ‘That’s the one I want.’ "
According to Damon, his wife, who was also friends with Ledger, got the same tattoo on her foot.
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“So we both have that,” Damon toldGQof the unique ink he share with Luciana. “It’s like a little creative little blessing. It’s like an angel that looks over all these names that are on the arm.”
Ledgerdied on Jan. 22, 2008of an accidental overdose of sleeping pills. He was 28.
source: people.com
