Matt Damon turns down 'Avatar' for THIS reason

Matt Damon recently addressed the mystery of why he turned down James Cameron's movie Avatar and lamented that he turned down a lot money. 

The Hollywood stalwart revealed that he got an offer to be featured in Avatar 2009 but had to turn it down due to other work commitments.

The actor lamented that he didn't just down a movie offer but also a whole large amount of money by refusing the offer to work in the film that is considered to be one of the biggest of the century.

it has remained a mystery why Matt Damon turned away from the movie despite being offered 10% of the box office back end, which is calculated to be 250$ million payday for him, reports India Today.

In an interview with Chris Wallace, the actor shed light on the mystery and said, "I am sure that this biggest sum of money that an actor has ever turned down," adding "You know I had a contract and was in the middle of the shooting of Bourne movie."

He added that he knew that he had to get the movie to the finish line and would need to do a lot of work at the end.

He continued, "If I had accepted the offer, I would have to leave them in the lurch and I didn't want to do that."

He also expressed that he had a strong wish to work with James Cameron but wasn't able to due to his commitment.

Matt Damon's was most recently featured in Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer which has been hitting cinemas since July 21.