Kevin Smith has confirmed that Matt Damon will be returning to one of his fan-favourite roles for the upcoming Jay and Silent Bob Reboot

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The filmmaker announced that Damon would be reprising the role of Loki from 1999's Dogma on Instagram, where he also credited his wife Jennifer Schwalbach for "making the movie better," since it was her idea to bring this character back for the latest installment in the View Askewniverse."When Matt confirmed, I started thinking about how to best use good Will Hunting and which role he could play," Smith said. Then Jen Schwalbach suggested: 'Why don't you use him as Loki?'"I scoffed like a hardcore Kevin Smith fan, replying, 'I can't play with Loki. Loki died,'" Smith continued on his post. He said that Jen smiled and said, 'Well it's a good thing you don’t know the writer, or else you might be able to change your idea.' And just like that, my wife made the movie better.""I asked costumer designer Melissa Walker to put together a Loki-looking ensemble, found a church, and broke out my life size Dogma action figure. And with that, I was able to do mini-sequels to all my View Askew flicks in the middle of Jay and Silent Bob Reboot ," he wrote on his Instagram post Damon made a blink-and-you'll-miss-it appearance in the trailer for Reboot, but up until now, it was not known which role he would be playing.Damon played Loki alongside Ben Affleck's Bartleby in the supernatural comedy Dogma, a film that follows the story of two fallen angels on their quest to return to heaven after being banished. Affleck will also be returning to Smith's forthcoming film, however, he will be reprising his Chasing Amy character Holden McNeil.Smith first revealed the reboot in early 2017 , and a "pre-pre-production" meeting was held at the beginning of the year.Along with Damon and Affleck, Jay and Silent Bob Reboot features a slew of other cameos from the likes of Rosario Dawson, Chris Hemsworth and Tommy Chong, together with Val Kilmer, who will suit up as Bluntman, and Melissa Benoist, who will portray comic book character Chronic.For more on the titular dynamic duo, read our review of Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back , which we called "Great" saying it, "takes us on a roller coaster ride throughout the entire View Askew universe in one of the funniest movies of 2001."

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