It’s the end of an era.
WARNING: MajorJason Bournespoilers ahead.
Here, Stiles reflects on landing the role, learning from Matt Damon, and escaping on-location collisions.
Credit: Universal Pictures
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: WhenBourne Identitycame in out in 2002, you were 21 years old.
Looking back, what was your original audition like?
I want to do it, but am I going to miss too much school?"
Luckily, I decided to ignore that.
Do you remember what kind of conversations occurred around your role being extended throughBourne Identityand for three subsequent films?
WithBourne Identity, I don’t really know.
I don’t really know the exact reason behind keeping Nikki alive.
From my perspective, the part seemed to evolve with each installment.
The Bourne Identitywas released 14 years ago.
How did the role change your career?
I think because the movies are sophisticated it helped me be considered as a more of a grown-up.
The producers were kind of scrambling to make me look older.
But I feel like the character has kind of evolved along with me in terms of age and maturity.
What do you remember about the first time you met Matt Damon?
They flew me to France, where they were in the middle of shootingThe Bourne Identity.
I think I said a quick “hello” because they were in the thick of it already.
What’s one thing you’ve come to know about Matt that we probably don’t know?
His family has grown.
His security team has grown, but he’s still stayed very humble and hard-working.
Even though he has a lot of people around him, he never seems unreachable.
Were those topics ever the subject of off-camera conversations?
And they were a lot of conversations about Snowden.
Did you know before signing on forJason Bournethat your character would be killed off?
Was Nicki’s death always going to be sparked by a gun shooting?
It was always going to by a bullet.
It was her sacrificing herself.
What kind of conversations did you have with Matt and Paul about that scene?
You know, death scenes are very hard to pull off, especially one that’s drawn out.
I heard you nearly had a fatal accident yourselfthat you were hit by a motorcycle during filming in London.
I blacked out basically, but the paramedics came.
He didn’t hit me full on, but I did have a concussion so I did black out.
It made me even more wary of motorcycles.
