A new fan trailer imagines what The Matrix would look like if Will Smith had accepted the role of Neo. The Wachowski’s ground-breaking sci-fi changed the game when it was released in 1999, bringing kung-fu action and big philosophical ideas to what had become a tired genre and turning already-superstar Keanu Reeves into an icon. Its sequels were considerably less well-received, although they’ve done nothing to dull the legacy of the original and, unsurprisingly, Warner Bros. are now trying to figure out a way to reboot.
The whole thing could have looked very different at one point. Russell Crowe and (allegedly) Sean Connery were both offered the role of Morpheus, while most young actors in Hollywood were considered for Neo. Perhaps the most famous almost-ran is Will Smith; the break-out star of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Independence Day and Men in ...
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