Lina Esco and Ben Affleck laughed while going all the way.<\/p>\n
The actress, 40, confessed that the co-stars had a silly reaction to filming intimate scenes for their new crime thriller \u201cThe Rip.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cWe were giggling,\u201d Esco told People<\/a> earlier this week. \u201cWe were just two dorks, dorking around.\u201d <\/p>\n Lina Esco attends Netflix\u2019s \u201cThe Rip\u201d Leading Latinas Dinner at MILA Miami Beach on January 15, 2026. Getty Images for Netflix<\/p>\n She noted that Affleck, 53, is \u201cjust such a sweet man and easygoing, it\u2019s just easy. Sometimes you don\u2019t run into people that are easy, and I can honestly say it just felt [like an] easygoing set energy, which is very rare.\u201d<\/p>\n Esco\u2019s experience shooting the Netflix movie was overall a positive one.<\/p>\n \u201cI would say just the energy and the tone on set was very lowkey, very down to earth,\u201d the\u00a0\u201cS.W.A.T.\u201d actress gushed. <\/p>\n \u201cThere was nothing pretentious about anyone, it was just easy,\u201d Esco continued. \u201cAnd so is the\u00a0director [Joe Carnahan]. He just made sure everyone was comfortable at all times, played soundtrack music at all times, pushed you into the tone and the mood of the film. And at all times it felt like you were in the movie \u2014 and again, [a] very cozy, loving set.\u201d<\/p>\n Lina Esco and Ben Affleck in \u201cThe Rip.\u201d Netflix<\/p>\n Lina Esco in a scene from \u201cThe Rip.\u201d AP<\/p>\n The movie, which follows, \u201ca group of Miami cops\u201d who \u201cdiscover a stash of millions in cash, leading to distrust as outsiders learn about the seizure, making them question who to rely on,\u201d per the synopsis, also stars\u00a0Matt Damon,\u00a0Teyana Taylor,\u00a0Kyle Chandler\u00a0and\u00a0Steven Yeun.<\/p>\n Affleck and Damon, 55, produced \u201cThe Rip,\u201d with Damon\u2019s wife\u00a0Luciana, also serving as a producer. <\/p>\n Fans can also look forward to seeing the \u201cGood Will Hunting\u201d actor in Christopher Nolan\u2019s upcoming\u00a0Greek epic\u00a0\u201cThe Odyssey.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n Catalina Sandino Moreno, Matt Damon, Ted Sarandos, Teyana Taylor, Ben Affleck, Joe Carnahan and Lina Esco at the premiere of \u201cThe Rip\u201d on Jan. 13, 2026. Stephen Lovekin\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n Earlier this month, Damon opened up about cutting down his weight<\/a> for the highly-anticipated project while on Jason\u00a0and\u00a0Travis Kelce\u2019s\u00a0\u201cNew Heights\u201d<\/a>\u00a0podcast.<\/p>\n \u201cI was in really good shape. I lost a lot of weight,\u201d Damon said before noting that Nolan, 55, \u201csaid he wanted me like lean but strong. It\u2019s a weird thing.\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cI literally, just because of this other thing I did with my doctor, stopped eating gluten. I used to walk around between 185 and 200 pounds. and I did that whole movie at 167 pounds,\u201d the Oscar winner admitted. \u201cI haven\u2019t been that light since high school. So it was a lot of training and a really strict diet.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Ben Affleck, Matt Damon in \u201cThe Rip.\u201d \u00a9Netflix\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n Nolan\u2019s action feature, which is about\u00a0Homer\u2019s ancient Greek epic poem<\/a>,\u00a0\u201cThe Odyssey,\u201d\u00a0also stars Zendaya, Tom Holland,\u00a0Anne Hathaway,\u00a0Robert Pattinson,\u00a0Lupita Nyong\u2019o\u00a0and\u00a0Charlize Theron.<\/p>\n In March,\u00a0pictures of Damon shooting<\/a>\u00a0in Favignana, Italy, surfaced. <\/p>\n The \u201cJason Bourne\u201d star was shirtless, rocking a chiseled physique, tan pants and a scruffy gray beard.<\/p>\n Ben Affleck and Matt Damon star in the new crime thriller \u201cThe Rip.\u201d \u00a9Netflix\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n At the time, Affleck detailed how Damon took on stunt rehearsals for \u201cThe Odyssey.\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cI used to be very gung ho about like, \u2018Oh, I\u2019ll do the fights, I\u2019ll do the stunts.\u2019 And now I am very much, \u2018At what point is the stunt performer going to come in and do this?\u2019\u201d he told\u00a0GQ<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s one of the things I was talking to Matt about \u2014 he\u2019s going off to do this Chris Nolan movie and doing a lot of stunt rehearsal, and it was kind of like, Boy, it\u2019s been a while, hasn\u2019t it? Where you really have to go learn the fights \u2014 this is Bourne Identity kind of territory.\u201d<\/p>\n While working with trainer Jason Walsh for 2016\u2019s \u201cJason Bourne,\u201d Damon followed a strict workout routine. <\/p>\n Matt Damon on set in Favignana, Italy, shooting scenes for \u201cThe Odyssey.\u201d CIAOPIX\/COBRA TEAM \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n The actions star did 100 sit-ups, 300 push-ups, 50 squats and 50 squat jumps daily. <\/p>\n