Matt Damon Says Turning Down 'Avatar' Was 'the Dumbest Thing' Ever

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Matt Damon Says Turning Down 'Avatar' Was 'the Dumbest Thing' Ever
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'It’s the dumbest thing an actor ever did in the history of acting.'

, where he would have starred alongside Saldana and would have earned around $250 million. The role instead went to Sam Worthington, who played Jake Sully, while Saldana portrayed Neytiri. The big-budget movie follows a paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora, where Neytiri resides, for a unique mission. He soon becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home now.

ET was on set with Saldana and Damon for their Stella Artois' Let's Do Dinner campaign, which celebrates authentic connections around a dinner table, with a portion of the proceeds benefiting"This partnership has been so great for Water.org that I named one of my kids Stella," quipped Damon, whose 12-year-old daughter is in fact named Stella.

Damon is particularly impressed with this year's idea: a dinner party."You couldn’t do dinner without safe, clean water. So it’s just kind of a reminder that some of these things that I think we take for granted, some of the things that are so important for all of us," he explained.

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