Matt Damon says he refused to visit psychics to research for his role in his latest film Hereafter because he thinks they're fake.
The 40-year-old actor, who plays a psychic who can see dead people in the film, confesses he didn't even visit any real-life mystics to research his role.
"Had I found a good one I would have. What I was worried about was that it was just going to take me down this rabbit hole of charlatans. I think a large part of that space is occupied by pretenders, which is not to say there aren't people out there who are genuinely touched in some way. I just didn't get a chance to meet any of them," contactmusic.com quoted him as saying.
However, Damon is open-minded to the idea of near-death experiences — after actor Martin Sheen told him about his own near-fatal heart attack.
"But I did speak to Martin Sheen, who had an experience on Apocalypse Now when he had a heart attack. He told me his incredible story one day when we were working on The Departed together.
"It's a very well-catalogued experience that a lot of people have had. One person I read was legally dead for 28 minutes, which I think is the record."
Damon also admitted his discussions have made him less afraid of death. "It's interesting. I assume most people are afraid of death, but the people who have had these experiences aren't. That seems to be one of the things they have in common — that they don't have any fear of it any more."
