The renowned actor, nominated for the 2020 Oscar for his role in "Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood", revealed that he refused to participate in the successful film "The Matrix".
Brad Pitt is one of the most recognized actors of his generation, and is now one of the favorites for the Oscar for his role in "Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood", Quentin Tarantino's ninth film. However, the interpreter confessed to having rejected a role in one of the most iconic films of recent years: "The Matrix."
"I took the red pill," the actor revealed to USA Today, referring to the mythical scene from Neo and Morpheus. "I turned down 'The Matrix,' that's all I'll say. They didn't offer me the second or the third, just the first. I come from a place, perhaps because of my upbringing, where if I didn't receive [the role], it was never mine. And I think it was never mine, but someone else's," he explained.
"If we did a program about the big movies that I have refused to be in, we would need two nights," joked the actor, who did not reveal what role he was offered in the Wachowski sisters' film. A role that, according to a report by The Wrap, could have been that of the protagonist of the trilogy, Neo, a character who ended up being played by Keanu Reeves.
Reeves himself will reprise his role in the sequel that Lana Wachowski is already preparing to which Carrie Ann-Moss also returns as Trinity. "Matrix 4" could also recover The Merovingian, an enigmatic character who could be part of the new installment of the saga that will hit theaters on July 21, 2021.
Wachowski herself has written the script for the film along with Aleksander Hemon and David Mitchell. In addition to Reeves and Ann-Moss, the film's cast is composed of Neil Patrick Harris, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jessica Henwick, Toby Onwumere, Max Riemelt, and Erendira Ibarra.
