Matt Damon was not about to lose the biggest opportunity of his acting career because of a lousy southern accent. The Academy Award winner recently shared in a sit down with GQ that he once spent a month in Knoxville, Tenn. working as a bartender in order to immerse himself into the sounds of the south. Matt Damon Was Once a Bartender in TennesseeWhile chatting with this fellow Odyssey co-stars Robert Pattinson and Tom Holland, Damon recounted that season of his life. "I bartended down in Knoxville, Tenn., to pick up an accent," he tells them. What Bar Did Matt Damon Work at in Tennessee?