Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Matt Damon plays astronaut Dr Mark Watney in Ridley Scott's sci-fi tale The Martian. Brits waste hundreds of hours every year ...

Matt Damon has revealed how Ridley Scott convinced him to do his 2015 sci-fi The Martian when he tried to turn it down. 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 ...

Matt Damon almost passed on the movie that got him his fourth Oscar nomination — and more importantly, he almost missed his chance to work with a venerated filmmaker. "I had just done that part in ...

Besides being a celebrated actor, Matt Damon is a loving father to four beautiful girls. Find out more about the actor's kids here.

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 ...

Matt Damon and "The Martian" are go for launch this weekend, with Ridley Scott's sci-fi adventure expected by analysts to pull down more than $50 million in its opening frame. Coasting on great ...