‘Contagion’ Stars Matt Damon, Kate Winslet Share PSAs on Preventing COVID-19 Spread (Videos)

Laurence Fishburne and Jennifer Ehle also recorded videos for #ControltheContagion campaign

The stars of Steven Soderbergh’s 2011 virus-outbreak drama “Contagion” — including Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Laurence Fishburne and Jennifer Ehle — reunited (virtually) to record a series of PSAs designed to help stop the spread of the coronavirus.

The stars of the film partnered with Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health — a consultant on “Contagion” — in order to create the campaign #ControltheContagion.

“In the movie I played a guy who was immune to the hypothetical virus that was spreading around the world, so a few things to start: One, that was a movie, this is real life.

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