Will Smith finally telling why he turned down the matrix, the pitch was awful!
- Thread starter Don'tCallMeLuckyB
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Its possible they realized they didn't pitch it right when Will turned it down, and they refined their pitch. Or maybe one of the other actors told them their pitch stinks and gave them suggestions
Tres Leches
Empire Business
im sure a lot of actors have turned down some shyt they regret later 
Fishbourne was a better fit for the character.
Edit:I fukked up. Just realized he was supposed to be Neo. Keanu worked better because he was kind of a blank slate. Will's infectious charisma permeated everything.
Agent Smith: "Mr. Anderson, we meet again, you can't win"
Will Smith: "Turn all that virus noise down, cause I'm gonna whoop on all that ass"
The pitch and the execution are not one and the same. Keanu, while a name, was nowhere near the supernova megastar Will was at the time. Otherwise he woulda been in Wild Wild West or some other bigger budget movie. And if the pitch and concept where held in such high esteem they would got a bigger actor than Keanu Reeves and a bigger budget. If Spielberg was directing Will woulda been in that shyt without a pitch. It was obviously a great concept and they had some game changing, cutting edge shyt in it but nobody looking for a sure thing was banking on it being anything close to what it became based on what was apparent beforehand.
Chrishaune
Veteran
I think Jada was in the series also after Aaliyah died and they had to find a replacement for her.
papertrail08
Pro
Jada and Aaliyah played two different characters. Jada was always Niobe, Aaliyah played Zee but they had to recast her with Marvin Gaye’s daughter because she didn’t film all of her scenes
skokiaan
African original
read story years ago he wanted to add some comedy and they was 
Where the hell is @Neo. The Only. The One. ?!
DamienWayne
Superstar
I could definitely see Val Kilmer as Morpheus
read story years ago he wanted to add some comedy and they was
[Agent Smith brings in 100 Smith Clones]
Will Smith: "Aight, I seen you brung your whole family here, they can get an ass-whuppin too"
Trinity: "We need to get out of here Neo, gotta make a call, wait the phone is dead"
Will Smith: "Maybe they ain't pay the bill yet"
Mister Terrific
It’s in the name
Keanu was perfect for the original Matrix as him being confused and drug around by the plot made sense. In the sequels he weighs them down because he can’t convey emotions physically or tonally. For instance the architect telling him he’s not even an original one and was just an anomaly created by the machines to keep the Matrix functioning should’ve elicited more of a response than “oh”.
Ducktales
Brehs be flexing
Good point
I don't knowNah fam, val Kilmer is the white Laurence Fishburne…So it would have worked
Can Will do stoicism well?
I think Will crushes that roleWhat's interesting its movies he should have never been considered for he turns down. Can't imagine Will be in Inception at all lol.