Don'tCallMeLuckyB
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Man the only thing I’m searching for will smith in YouTube is summertime and that’s about it
Will Smith finally telling why he turned down the matrix, the pitch was awful!
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The Wild West West money is what got him. Remember nobody really got paid off Matrix 1. It was so new and revolutionary in 1999 that it didn’t really do mega numbers until it’s initial dvd run and then the hype train for part 2. He felt bad about missing the boat so he had his wife join in on the franchise which was a good move because she did well as NaiobiYeah the wild Wild West plot sounds so much better
Like a Breh said
If Wild Wild West would have been ANYTHING of value then maybe.
He heard the fukcing pitch for Wild Wild West... he couldn't.tell from the pitch that that movie would be PURE SHlT?
He hears two pitches. One goes on to be arguably the best movie ever, and the other goes into the $0.99 bin at Dollar Tree.
He picks the garbage movie
Sounds like his talent for judging pitches is WAAAAYYY off
If Wild Wild West would have been ANYTHING of value then maybe.
He heard the fukcing pitch for Wild Wild West... he couldn't.tell from the pitch that that movie would be PURE SHlT?
He hears two pitches. One goes on to be arguably the best movie ever, and the other goes into the $0.99 bin at Dollar Tree.
He picks the garbage movie
Sounds like his talent for judging pitches is WAAAAYYY off
Tenchi Ryu
Ashtray B!tch
You dun missed out on about 3 iconic internet momentsMan the only thing I’m searching for will smith in YouTube is summertime and that’s about it
Don'tCallMeLuckyB
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No lie I would like to sit down and watch the trilogy but the coli breh told me I would help support the brothers lifestyle and that sealed the deal for me to not watch itYou dun missed out on about 3 iconic internet moments
Animal House
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I seen the matrix day one in theaters I love that movie….
Bryan Danielson
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Neo. The Only. The One.
THE ONE
Yep. Huge fan of Will Smith but he probably would have had some one liners about "how they always do this to brothas" and that would have took me out the movie
"So how many brothas was The One before me?"
"I'm surprised aint none of these white boys The One and they actually chose a brotha."
threattonature
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Yeah that's what it all comes down to. If I'm sitting and hearing two wild bullshyt pitches I'm just going with the role that is going fatten my pockets.
Nah we both know it was Sisqo whispering sweet nothings in his ear about the music video doing numbers like the MIB video did right before WWW
People have a quick memory, the highest paid actor in part 1 wasn’t even the lead actor
Uchiha God
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I feel like I’ve heard this story multiple times
Wild Wild West was based off an existing IP. It was also directed by the same guy who directed Men In Black, which catapulted Will into superstardom. Compared to the untested Wachowski siblings and the unproven nature of their idea, one can see how it made more sense for Will to do WWW than the Matrix.
hindsight is 20/20. NOBODY knew The Matrix would become the phenomena it became and even though Wild West was underwhelming. It did something that many movies of the time refused to do. Cast a black man as the romantic lead over his white counterpart. And it also grossed over 100 million at the box office at a time when only a few actors had name recognition to do that.
Hacksaw Jim Thuggin
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Whew good thing I never saw none of the matrix
I can only imagine how bad the acting, especially with reeves.
Actually it works with Keanu
