Will Smith may be choosing between the red and blue pill, but the Oscar-winning actor isn't entering the Matrix for a movie.

The 30-second clip, which you can watch below, reads: “In 1997, the Wachowskis offered Will Smith the role of Neo in The Matrix.Smith turned it down. He chose Wild Wild West, believing it was a ...

perhaps Jo's storyline can also be understood through The Matrix's "There is no spoon" philosophy. Before Neo meets the Oracle, he finds a young boy who bends a spoon purely by intent. To explain ...

In The Matrix, Morpheus tells Neo the specifics about the war against ... which has been programmed to execute a young woman whose unborn son is the key to humanity's future salvation.

Spoiler: Neo chooses the red pill. He wakes up naked, hairless and afraid in a flotation tank, is rescued by other Matrix escapees, and “is drawn into a rebellion against the machines”.

But what makes The Matrix shine is in its narrative structure, specifically the journey the Keanu Reaves' character Thomas Anderson goes through to become Neo, the chosen one. To better understand ...

Smith took to social media to share a short visual describing his history with the film series, “In 1997, the Wachowskis offered Will Smith the role of Neo in The Matrix. Smith turned it down.