Mexican heartthrob Gael Garcia Bernal has been offered a role in the forthcoming Matt Damon sequel, The Bourne Ultimatum.

The Motorcycle Diaries star has been offered the lead bad guy role in the third of the Jason Bourne espionage series which involves Bernal tracking down the amnesia suffering government agent in Moscow.

The Bourne Ultimatum is due for release August 3, 2007.