Matt Damon feels psychics are fake

London: Hollywood actor Matt Damonrefused to visit psychics to research for his role in new film Hereafter because he thinks they are fake.

The 40-year-old actor, who plays a psychic who can seedead people in the film, refrained from going to any real lifemystics for the fear of falling prey to such pretentiouspeople, reported Contactmusic.

"Had I found a good one I would have. What I wasworried about was that it was just going to take me down thisrabbit hole of charlatans.

"I think a large part of that space is occupied bypretenders, which is not to say there aren't people out therewho are genuinely touched in some way. I just didn't get achance to meet any of them," the Goodwill Hunting star said.

Damon said that he is open to the idea of near deathexperiences after interacting with actor Martin Sheen, whohimself had a almost-fatal heart attack while on the sets of Apocalypse Now.

"But I did speak to Martin Sheen, who had a near-deathexperience on Apocalypse Now when he had a heart attack. Hetold me his incredible story one day when we were working on The Departed together.

"It's a very well catalogued experience that a lot ofpeople have had. One person I read was legally dead for 28minutes, which I think is the record," pondered Damon.

Damon has also admitted that frequent discussions onthe topic has made him less afraid of death.

"It's interesting. I assume most people are afraid ofdeath, but the people who have had these experiences aren't.

That seems to be one of the things they have in common - thatthey don't have any fear of it any more," added Damon.