Matt Damon admits he tried to turn down The Martian because it was too similar to a role he'd already played. Luckily, director Ridley Scott hit him with some sage advice. Looking back on it now, the ...

Matt Damon almost left The Martian orbiting someone else's career, convinced audiences would mistake one stranded hero for another, until Ridley Scott dismissed the worry with the calm confidence of a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Damon explained, "I actually once went to meet Sir Ridley Scott to turn down The Martian because I had just done that part in ...

Matt Damon almost missed out on his role in The Martian. Thankfully, famed director Ridley Scott convinced him with just a few words. In a recent interview alongside Anne Hathaway with Harper’s Bazaar ...

Sir Ridley Scott had to convince Matt Damon to star in The Martian. The 55-year-old actor initially rejected playing lead Mark Watney, an astronaut stranded on Mars who tries to survive on the planet ...