{"id":825442,"date":"2026-11-05T23:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T23:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/825442\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T23:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T23:34:09","slug":"matt-damon-explains-why-he-passed-on-ted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/825442\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Damon explains why he passed on Ted"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every actor has regrets, roles they turned down for one reason or another. Breckin Meyer has Lord Of The Rings<\/a>, and Matt Damon has Ted, Seth MacFarlane\u2019s stoner teddy bear movie. Speaking to GQ<\/a>, Damon explains why he turned down the Mark Wahlberg role as the wise-crack plushie\u2019s beer-swilling straight man: The freakin\u2019 bear\u2019s got all the good lines.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That seems like a given, considering it\u2019s a film about a weed-smoking teddy bear who does dance numbers and stuff. Nevertheless, after enjoying the script enough to take it to dinner where he read \u201cparts of it out to my friends,\u201d Damon says he \u201cgot too clever by half.\u201d He continues, \u201cI don\u2019t know what I was thinking. I was like, Well, maybe the teddy bear\u2019s actually the best part.\u2026 So I overthought it, and I talked myself out of it. And because it shot in Boston, it would\u2019ve been a chance for me to be home\u2014my father\u2019s passed away now, and I look back, and I go, \u2018Man, that would\u2019ve been six months back [home].’\u201d<\/p>\n

Damon, who explains in the interview that he turned down the Harvey Dent role in The Dark Knight due to a scheduling snafu, doesn\u2019t \u201cwant to live with the regret.\u201d So he\u2019s come to terms with declining the proverbial bong rip from Ted. \u201cThe right actor got the part. Mark [Wahlberg\u2019s] great, and the movie\u2019s great, and I wouldn\u2019t have made it any better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maybe he can play AI Bill Clinton in the live-action TV serie<\/a>s.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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