Matt Damon hints at 'Ocean's 8' surprises: 'A few of us pop up really quickly'

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It’s time for the ladies to take over.

That’s how Matt Damon feels about this summer’s all-female instalment of his Ocean’s heist movie franchise.

Damon played Linus Caldwell in the Ocean’s trilogy, which also starred George Clooney and Brad Pitt, and will reprise the character in Ocean’s 8, starring Sandra Bullock.

“It’s just a very small cameo,” the Oscar winner says. “I’m not really in the movie a lot.”

There are a few of us who pop up really quickly.

Matt Damon

The new reboot features Bullock as Debbie Ocean – sister of Clooney’s Danny Ocean – leading a group of female thieves and con artists as they attempt to steal very-expensive jewelry worn by Anne Hathaway’s character at the Met Gala.

Cate Blanchett, Sarah Paulson, Awkwafina, Rihanna, Mindy Kaling and Helena Bonham Carter round out the powerhouse cast, which has several Oscar, Golden Globe, Emmy and Grammy wins among them.

And while Damon will pop up as Caldwell, he hints that he might be joined by some other castmates from the original Ocean’s trilogy.

“I think there are a few of us who pop up really quickly.”

Damon won’t say if Danny Ocean or Pitt’s Rusty Ryan’s are the one’s “popping up.”

“I only worked for a day,” he says. “They asked me to do it and I really wanted to support the project and support these awesome actresses. This is a movie about the women.”

Bullock’s Ocean’s 8 follows a Ghostbusters reboot in 2016 that was derailed by a segment of men who decried its all-female cast.

In an interview with EW, Bullock said she hopes the film appeals to both genders.

“We don’t want it to be just for women,” Bullock said. “This is not a man-hating. We love the men. There’s men in this movie. We love them. But this one heist needs women.”

Ocean’s 8 hits theatres June 8, 2018.