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Will Smith: “Why I turned down The Matrix”

March 13, 2019 Paul Martin 0

This is it, from Will Smith himself. He tells us all why he turned down The Matrix. It’s an interesting story and says a lot. The question is, would the movie have been as successful with […]

This was Nearly the Cast of ‘The Matrix’

February 4, 2012 Paul Martin 3

Neo: Will Smith Morpheus: Val Kilmer Trinity: Jada Pinkett Smith That would have made for such a different movie. Eventually, as we all know, Jada Pinkett Smith was cast as Niobe for the Matrix Sequels […]

Will Smith on Matrix

July 29, 2002 Paul Martin 0

The Sunday Mirror asked Will Smith about turning down the role of Neo in the original Matrix and how he feels about his wife, Jada, being in the sequels: “The Matrix was just one of […]

Jada Pinkett doing a song for Matrix

July 16, 2002 Paul Martin 0

Jon Blaze linked us up with this story from Ananova: Jada Pinkett Smith is working on a song for the soundtrack to The Matrix: Reloaded. Her husband, Will Smith, says she collaborated with him on […]

America: A Tribute to Heroes

September 21, 2001 Paul Martin 0

AMERICA: A TRIBUTE TO HEROES a two-hour live, commercial-free, simulcast to raise funds for a long-term relief effort for Americans who have directly suffered from last week’s terrorist attacks, will air Friday, September 21, 9:00 […]

What is the “Treytrix?”

June 11, 2001 Paul Martin 0

Jada Pinkett-Smith is the envy of her husband, Will Smith, and his son, Trey Smith. “Both Will and Trey desperately want to be in one of the two Matrix sequels,” says Pinkett-Smith, who is currently […]