5 actors who could play Lionel Messi

#3 Matt Damon

The role that makes him the most apt to play Lionel Messi was his work as Francois Pienaar in the movie Invictus

Matt Damon is one of the other famous faces of Hollywood. He has acted in a number of great movies with various genres, ranging from a mentally-broken genius youngster in Good Will Hunting to a romantic politician in the Adjustment Bureau, he has played it all.

However, the role that makes him the most apt to play Lionel Messi was his work as Francois Pienaar in the movie Invictus, where his character was the captain of the Springboks Rugby team. Having already starred in sports drama, Damon has the experience to play the Argentine’s character.

Finally, the drawback with him is also the same as the other two that have been mentioned thus far: he is a little too tall to play Messi.