Matt Damon's 'The Martian' film has been receiving a whole heap of criticism before its release due to the similarities it initially shares with last year's critically-acclaimed 'Interstellar.'

Instead of explaining himself a number of times before and after the movie's release, the actor has taken note of the critic's response and decided to explain the difference in both films.

In speaking with Yahoo, the actor first speaks on how the role approached him:

"I'd never met Ridley [Scott], not even in passing. I went in to meet him, then I signed on really quickly. I went in and I said, I really love this script, but my only hesitation is I've just done Interstellar, in which I played a dude stranded on a planet, it might be weird if, after taking a year and a half off, I played another dude stranded on a planet. I explained Interstellar to him, and he said 'The movies are totally f***ing different, this is going to be f***ing fun. Let's do this!' He was so infectious, I couldn't really say no to him."

He then goes on to list some of the key differences that critics are failing to see.

"One of the biggest differences is it's primarily me on my own for a lot of it. That's the big challenge. It has all the bells and whistles of NASA and the b-side of the story, the rest of the world trying to get this guy back. But the other half of the movie is me and Ridley on Mars, so that part's different. You start there, there's that mystery - what happened, how did he get left there? The mission part is the b-side, trying to figure out how to get back. So, structurally it's different to anyone that's ever been done."

'The Martian' is scheduled to hit theaters October 2, 2015.