Big Sean plays the Morpheus role, which was played in the movies by Laurence Fishburne, while Smith takes on Neo. Smith ...
Will Smith is getting to play Neo nearly three decades after he famously rejected the lead role in the 1999 blockbuster The Matrix. In the music video “Beautiful Scars” (below), Smith teams ...
Discovery. The Oscar-winner shared a brief video with a Matrix-style message reading, "In 1997, the Wachowskis offered Will Smith the role of Neo in The Matrix. Smith turned it down.
“In 1997, the Wachowskis offered Will Smith the role of Neo in "The Matrix,” read a message displayed in the clip posted on Will’s Instagram page. “Smith turned it down. He chose "Wild ...