Matt Damon to Quit As Jason Bourne

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HOLLYWOOD - Actor Matt Damon will quit playing assassin Jason Bourne after the third film, The Bourne Ultimatum, is released this summer.

Damon wants someone else to take on the role--created by author Robert Ludlum--and make it their own.

Speaking at the Cannes Film Festival, Damon says, "I'm definitely done with that. I think we've ridden that horse as far as we can.

"The character lives on in the books and if someone else wanted to play it, I guess they could."

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