The Matrix became a cult film within months of its release of the first film in 1999. And let the next three parts add some tar to this honey barrel, a dynamic story about the fact that the whole world that we know is an invention of evil computers still excites minds.
What do you think of the idea that Neo could look very different?
The mere thought that Keanu Reeves could not have played programmer Thomas Anderson will cause outrage among fans of The Matrix. It is terrible to imagine what will happen to them when they present in turn all those who were actually offered this role in black glasses and a fluttering raincoat!
While Neo was choosing between the red and blue pills in the script, now the sisters, and then still the Wachowski brothers, painfully determined the candidate for the main role. Initially, they did not want to hear about anyone, because they represented a completely specific person in this place.
Johnny Depp
Yes, yes, it was Johnny, then the favorite actor of director Tim Burton, who was seen in the role of Neo by the Wachowskis themselves. But the other brother’s Warner Bros. — categorically rejected this rich idea.
Will Smith
Will negotiated, eventually choosing to work on the Wild Wild West project. Well, he could have worked his legendary Oscar peck on Agent Smith, and not on poor Chris Rock.
Smith later praised Reeves very much for how he did Neo and claimed that he himself would not have had the skill to play like that. Knows how to be cute when he wants to!
Leonardo DiCaprio
This option seems to us the most amusing of all – as soon as we imagine narrow black glasses on Leo’s bony physiognomy, a smile creeps up to his ears. Perhaps DiCaprio also thought about something like that, but he gave a different reason for the refusal: he said that immediately after “Titanic” he did not want to star in another film, mainly consisting of special effects.
Brad Pitt
What can I say? It would be another weird version of The Matrix, but maybe we could wash the bones of Cary-Anne Moss and Brad for having an on-set romance. Thank you for giving up.
Nicholas Cage
It would be so terrible that it would probably turn out to be beautiful in its own way. Curiously, Nicolas Cage cited family circumstances when he turned down the role that made Keanu Reeves famous. Maybe Uncle Francis Ford Coppola advised Nicholas not to get involved, having determined with a trained eye what was what in this film?