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"Matt Damon would have pocketed an estimated $20 million to appear in a fourth Jason Bourne film, but in a shocking twist, he walked away from the $1 billion franchise. Why?\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;If you look at the first three movies, we kind of pounded that idea of identity and amnesia into the ground. We really got everything out of it that we could,&amp;quot; Damon, 41, explains in the January issue of GQ. &amp;quot;So to reboot it, we need to come up with something completely new.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThat&amp;apos;s exactly what director Tony Gilroy did; Oscar nominee Jeremy Renner, 40, will appear in The Bourne Legacy (slated for release in 2012). &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m really pulling for this one, even though I don&amp;apos;t have anything to do with it,&amp;quot; Damon says. &amp;quot;Selfishly, it&amp;apos;s bad for me if that movie doesn&amp;apos;t do well.&amp;quot;\r\nDamon -- a father of four who currently stars in We Bought a Zoo with Scarlett Johansson -- adds that he still feels &amp;quot;inoculated&amp;quot; by the Bourne franchise.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;It feels like I can swing freely, like a baseball player -- just be relaxed and really do the things that I want to do and not worry, because I know there&amp;apos;s another one out there.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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