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Matt Damon in 'Avatar'
With all due respect to Sigourney Weaver, part of the reason this movie worked so well is because it didn't have A-listers running around in beautiful Na'vi blue. Somehow, picturing Matt Damon as a ten-foot tall alien doesn't work -- and maybe he agreed; Damon ended up passing and Sam Worthington got the part.
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