After a brief Interstellar cameo as a stranded astronaut, Matt Damon took a year and a half off from acting entirely. When Ridley Scott then pitched The Martian — another man stranded alone on a planet — Damon immediately flagged the obvious pattern to Scott himself, joking that it might not be the smartest career move to repeat the exact same survival scenario. He couldn't resist because it was Ridley Scott.
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