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" Matt Damon has discussed his role in upcoming sci-fi Elysium.  The actor teams with District 9 director Neill Blomkamp on what will be the writer-director&amp;#039;s second feature, and spoke about his unique perspective on science fiction.   &amp;quot;[Neill] grew up in South Africa and emigrated to Canada when he was 18... and that experience basically shaped his entire adult life,&amp;quot; Damon told Access Hollywood of his director.  &amp;quot;Going from the third world to the first world, it was something he never really got over, in a way.&amp;quot; Damon went on to describe how this experience influenced Blomkamp on District 9, and explained that Elysium takes a similarly allegorical approach to its subject matter. The film is set in a future where wealthy citizens live on a space station while the poor are trapped on a ruined Earth, and sees Damon&amp;#039;s character on a mission to restore equality.  Jodie Foster and William Fichtner star alongside Damon. &amp;quot;This is a movie about... it&amp;#039;s a metaphor, but if you just look at it at face value I think it&amp;#039;s gonna be really fun and entertaining, a lot of action.&amp;quot; Damon also revealed that he &amp;quot;literally went to the gym for four hours a day&amp;quot; in preparation for his role, which sees him physically transform into the muscular, tattooed, bald character Blomkamp envisaged.  &amp;quot;Neill had a whole graphic novel that he&amp;#039;d done on his computer, including this kind of look that he wanted for the guy with a shaved head and tattoos. It&amp;#039;s a very different type of look.&amp;quot; &amp;amp;gt; Matt Damon in sci-fi &amp;#039;Elysium&amp;#039; - first picture&amp;amp;gt; Matt Damon&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Elysium&amp;#039; gets first synopsis Elysium will be released on March 1, 2013. Watch the trailer for District 9 below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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