Matrix Revolutions (TFX): Which Hollywood star turned down the role of Neo and regretted it today?

Matrix Revolutions (TFX): Which Hollywood star turned down the role of Neo and regretted it today?

After the first episode was out of the box, the Wachowski brothers launched The Matrix Reloaded in 2003, followed by Matrix Revolutions. A successful trilogy passing before the eyes of a very famous Hollywood actor…

The Chosen One embarks on a new adventure in one last attempt to save humanity from the evil clutches of the Matrix and its thousand and one followers. But the world to join is one to which one can never return…

Critical success and box office hit trilogy Matrix earned more than $1.6 billion worldwide. The role of Neo brought a new breath to the career of Keanu Reeves, who experienced commercial failures after Speed. The actor can thank Will Smith for turning down the Wachowski brothers’ offer! Indeed, the star Prince of Bel Air He was intended to play the role of Neo, but the actor chose to shoot in 1999’s Barry Sonnenfeld’s western: Wild Wild West… It will fail at the box office.

Will Smith admitted that at the time he understood nothing of the summary of the Matrix. Today, the latter regrets her decision and humorously expressed it on her Youtube channel: “I’d go back to the Wild Wild West set and say, Stupid, why didn’t you do The Matrix? A good loser added that the trilogy would have for fans: “probably ruined the Matrix (…) So I did you a favor.“Will Smith can keep biting, because the franchise Matrix not ready to stop here: In 2022, the fourth episode aired.

Matrix Revolutions: Thursday, January 26 at 9:05 PM on TFX

Sarah Ibri

Source: Programme Television

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