Matt Damon

1. He was offered the lead role in the western The Quick and the Dead (1995) but chose to decline. The producers of the movie then turned to Leonardo DiCaprio and he said yes.
2. Matt's uncle, George Brunstad, is a bit of a celebrity himself. In 2004, at the age of of 70, he became the oldest man to swim the English Channel.
3. He made a cameo appearance as a waiter in the film The Sum of All Fears (2002) starring his good friend Ben Affleck. However, the scene was cut from the final version of the movie.