Will Smith Could’ve Been “Neo” in the Matrix
February 15, 2019 3:00PM CST
Will Smith turned down playing Neo in “The Matrix” because the Wachowskis’ pitch for the movie was crazy, and it didn’t make any sense.
He says they tried to explain to him that thing where he’d jump, then stop in the middle of the jump, and they’d have cameras all around him so the audience could get a 360-degree view of him as he was paused in the air.
Will adds, quote, “So I made ‘Wild Wild West’.” And we all know how that turned out.
