El umlingisi waseMelika Matt Damon, obekade eyingxenye yabalingisi abakhulu uClooney noPitt abebehola phambili no-Ocean's Thirteen ku-premiere yefilimu e-Cannes, umemezele ukuthi akasafuni ukungena ezicathulweni zika-Agent Bourne, umlingisi ophambili inzuzo yesenzo esimangazayo futhi kungani ungasho, sakhiwe kangcono ezikhathini zamuva. Izizathu namanje azikaziwa, akwaziwa ukuthi uDamon usedinwe kancane yini ukusuka ophahleni aye kophahla eletha izibhakela ze-jiu jitsu, noma uma izimangalo zakhe zezezimali zingaphezulu kwalokhu abakhiqizi abazimisele ukukukhipha.
Lokho kusho ukuthi ifilimu elandelayo enesihloko esithi The Bourne Ultimatum, nokuthi sekuyisikhathi eside ngiphawule ukuthi udutshulwe ngokwengxenye eMadrid, kuzoba eyokugcina edlala indawo kaMat Damon, ngaphandle kwalapho kuba nokushintsha okungazelelwe kombono (ngokwanda amaqanda eshekeni)
Lesi saga saqala ngonyaka we-2002 ngeThe Bourne Affair, okumele siyikhumbule kwakungukubuyekezwa kwe-movie yakudala lapho uRichard Chamberlain adlala khona iBourne. Iqiniso ngukuthi le nguqulo entsha eqondiswe nguDoug Liman imangazwe yimpumelelo enkulu etholakele. Lokhu kuholele ekutheni ingxenye yesibili yenziwe ngonyaka we-2004, obizwa nge-The Bourne Myth, lapho umugqa wesenzo, ukujaha nobuchwepheshe obuphezulu kwenza umlingiswa waba uhlobo lukaJames Bond omusha kepha waba nesihluku kakhulu (lokho kwakungaphambi kokuba uDaniel Craig angene ku-tuxedo ka-007 ), kubanda, kunengqondo ngokwengeziwe, cishe umshini uya. Ekugcineni, lokhu okushiwo ngenhla I-Bourne Ultimatum, ezokhishwa ngo-Agasti ozayo, yiyona ezoqeda ukubamba iqhaza kukaMat Damon njengoBourne.
Umlingiswa kaJason Bourne usekelwe emsebenzini owaziwa kakhulu wumbhali wamanoveli uRobert Ludlum. Okwamanje akwaziwa noma ngabe uphrojusa uhlela yini ukuzama ukukholisa uDamon ukuthi aqhubeke nokunikeza impilo uBourne obandayo, noma uma kunalokho sebevele bacabanga ngendawo efanelekile engabamba iqhaza. Uma ushintsho luphuma kanjalo nolukaBrosnam lukaCraig kwi-saga yeBond, bangaqhamuka nengoma esemazinyweni abo.